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Why is the concentration of urea strong in urine?
The concentration of urea is high in urine because urea is a waste product produced by the liver when it breaks down proteins. The kidneys then filter urea from the blood and excrete it in urine to maintain the body's nitrogen balance.
Which part of the blood carries homonies?
blood plasma carries waste product including urea
What process reduces the concentration of urea in the blood of humans?
Urination
Why urea passes from blood into dialyzing solution?
It works much like your real kidneys. Your kidneys work essentially with a "Salt imbalance". One half of a kidney has a higher saline content than the other half; when blood passes through, urea is "pulled" into the saltier side.
What would happen to the intracellular and extracellular concentration of urea if the kidney stopped functioning?
If the kidney stopped functioning, the intracellular concentration of urea would increase due to impaired excretion. In contrast, the extracellular concentration of urea would also increase due to the diminished clearance of urea from the blood.
What you should eat in high urea level in blood?
what should we eat when our urea lavel is high
Why does the red blood cell lyse in an isosmotic solution of urea?
Urea is isosmotic to the intracellular fluid of red blood cells, but because the membranes of the blood cells are permeable to urea. Urea enters the cell at a much more rapid rate than other permeable solutes (because of the steep concentration gradient) and the cell fills to it bursts.
Plasma is a part of blood that carries digested food substances and waste products?
yes it carries the waste substances and the food substances the waste substance that it carries is urea
Which process reduces the concentration of urea in the blood of humans?
The term 'urea' is actually the body's way of eliminating Ammonia wastes from cells metabolism. In the blood the urea is a waste product which is eventually excreted through the glomeruli in the kidneys and eventually leaves the body via urine. The process is called Glomerular Filtration. Also there is a lesser amount of urea excreted in sweat.
Why does the renal vein has a lower concentration of urea?
The renal vein has a lower concentration of urea because the kidneys filter blood, removing waste products, including urea, during the process of urine formation. As blood passes through the kidneys, urea is reabsorbed into the bloodstream to some extent, but a significant amount is excreted in urine. Consequently, the blood returning to the systemic circulation via the renal vein has a reduced concentration of urea compared to the blood entering the kidneys through the renal artery. This filtration and reabsorption process helps maintain the body's nitrogen balance and overall homeostasis.
Why does a starving person have a high concentration of urea in the blood?
When a person is starving the body compensates for the low intake levels of calories by breaking down muscle. The metabolism increases breaking down high levels of protein found in the muscle. When the liver digests the protein it produces urea as a waste product. The more protein digested the higher the urea levels- so, the longer a person is starved the higher the urea levels will be.
Why concentration of urea increased in PCT?
Urea is reabsorbed in the proximal convoluted tubule (PCT) of the nephron through both paracellular and transcellular pathways. The high water permeability and abundant transporters in the PCT facilitate the reabsorption of urea. If there is an increase in urea concentration in the filtrate, more urea will be reabsorbed passively and actively in the PCT to maintain urea balance in the body.
