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When the kidneys are stimulated to produce renin?
When arterial blood pressure drops and/or when the NaCl level of the filtrate is low.
The amount of filtrate produced per minute is called the?
The amount of filtrate produced per minute is called the glomerular filtration rate (GFR). It is a measure of how well the kidneys are functioning in filtering waste products from the blood.
The filtrate removed from the blood by the kidneys might contain?
The kidneys remove toxic substances from the blood. The main substance that the kidneys filtrate from the blood is known as urea.
What do the kidneys do in the human body?
The kidneys filtrate waste and pass urine to the urinary bladder.
In the kidneys the glomerulus is the site of?
Beginning the production of filtrate.
Where is the site of the filtrate formation?
Glomerulus is the filter that makes the filtrate.
Why would a decrease in plasma protein concentration cause an increase in GFR?
A decrease in plasma protein concentration can reduce the oncotic pressure in the blood vessels, leading to less water reabsorption in the kidneys and more water remaining in the filtrate. This increased water in the filtrate can increase the pressure in the glomerular capillaries, resulting in an increase in glomerular filtration rate (GFR).
Where is the glomerulus filtrate?
The glomerulus filtrate is located within the Bowman's capsule, which is the initial part of the kidney tubule where the glomerular filtrate is collected before being processed further in the renal tubules.
Do glucose and water enter the filtrate?
Glucose enters the filtrate through the glomerular filtration process in the kidneys, but almost all of it gets reabsorbed by the renal tubules. Water freely enters the filtrate during the filtration process, but its reabsorption is tightly regulated by the kidneys based on the body's hydration needs.
This term means entry of substances into the body from the filtrate?
Reabsorption is the term used to describe the process of substances being taken back into the bloodstream from the filtrate in the kidneys.
Do the size of kidneys decrease with time?
The size of kidneys don't usually decrease in size over time.
Clinical significance of protein in urine?
If there is protein in urine, there is something wrong with the filtration process in the kidneys. Normally, proteins molecules that are too large to enter the filtrate in the nephron of the kidney. If protein were to make it into the filtrate, then the kidneys are taking too much out of the blood and that could be disasterous
