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Increased blood pressure in the glomerulus?
Blood pressure in the glomerulus in very high. Hope this helps!!!!!!!!!! :D
What does high blood pressure do in the glomerulus?
the pressure in glomerulus creates higher net filtration pressure resulting large amount of filtration formed.
Tuft of capillaries carrying high pressure blood?
glomerulus
What can a person suffer from if they have a high blood pressure?
The glomerulus.
Why is glomerulus a high pressure capillary bed?
The diameter of the afferent renal arteriole narrows progressively more and more into the glomerular capillaries, with the same blood flow, leading to an increase in pressure within the glomerulus. This is so that the high pressure can force solutes and water across into the Bowman's capsule for the renal tubules.
What drives filtration at the glomerulus?
blood pressure
Explain how the blood vessels associated with the renal corpuscle help to maintain a relatively high blood pressure within the glomerulus?
The cluster of capillaries that forms a glomerulus arises from an afferent arteriole. After passing through the glomerular capillaries, blood (minus any filtered fluid) enters an efferent arteriole whose diameter is smaller than that of the afferent vessel. This is instead of entering a venule, the usual circulatory route. The efferent arteriole resists blood flow to some extent, which backs up blood into the glomerulus, increasing pressure in the glomerular capillary.
What is the mm hg blood pressure in the glomerulus?
60mmhg
How the blood vessels associated with the renal corpuscle help to maintain relatively high blood pressure within the glomerulus?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angiotensin
What causes filtrate to flow from the blood into the glomerulus?
Is increase in blood pressure in the capillaries
What Kidney structures that help to regulate blood pressure?
The glomerulus ...
How do nephrons in the kidney get damaged?
If your blood pressure is too high, as in the case of someone with hypertension, the glomerulus of the nephron can burst rendering that nephron useless. Without a glomerulus, the nephron cannot achieve pressure filtration, which is one of the main functions of the kidney.
