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How high blood pressure built up in the glomerulus?
It builds up because the calibre of the efferent arteriole is less than that of the afferent arteriole. The cappilary pressure is opposed by the lower osmotic pressure or the blood and the lower filtrate hydrostatic pressure in the glomerular capsule.
Is the afferent arteriole entering the glomerulus always thicker than the efferent arteriole leaving the glomerulus?
It always has a widre lumen so that blood is forced to diffuse and filter. This puts a little more stress on the afferent arteriole and so a slight increase in the thickness of the tunica media may be noted.
The factor favoring filtrate formation at the glomerulus is?
The high pressure in the glomerulus due to the afferent arteriole being larger than the efferent arteriole favors filtrate formation by pushing fluid and solutes out of the blood into the glomerular capsule. Additionally, the high permeability of the glomerular capillaries allows for easy passage of water and small solutes, promoting the formation of filtrate.
What is the Function of efferent arterioles?
The afferent arteriole in a nephron is a larger diameter then the outgoing efferent arteriole and this increase the blood pressure in the glomerulus capillaries resulting in the ultrafiltration of the blood into the Bowman's capsule.
Filtrate is formed within the glomerulus by the process of?
Filtration is formed within the glomerulus by the process of ultrafiltration. This process involves blood pressure forcing water, ions, and smaller molecules to be filtered out of the blood and into the renal tubules. Larger molecules, like proteins and blood cells, are retained in the blood.
Increased blood pressure in the glomerulus?
Blood pressure in the glomerulus in very high. Hope this helps!!!!!!!!!! :D
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
What causes filtrate to flow from the blood into the glomerulus?
Is increase in blood pressure in the capillaries
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 Kidney structures that help to regulate blood pressure?
The glomerulus ...
How high blood pressure built up in the glomerulus?
It builds up because the calibre of the efferent arteriole is less than that of the afferent arteriole. The cappilary pressure is opposed by the lower osmotic pressure or the blood and the lower filtrate hydrostatic pressure in the glomerular capsule.
What is the structure that drains blood from the glomerulus in the kidney?
The structure that drains blood from the glomerulus in the kidney is the efferent arteriole. This arteriole carries blood away from the glomerulus and plays a crucial role in regulating blood flow and pressure within the kidney.
