Glomerular filtration — Flashcards

Flashcard 31: Are large, charged solutes (e.g. plasma proteins) affected by the negatively charged glomerular filtration barrier? _____

Answer: Yes

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Flashcard 32: Cortisol results in a(n) _____ glomerular filtration rate (GFR)

Answer: increased

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Flashcard 33: What effect does dehydration have on GFR? _____

Answer: Decreased GFR

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Flashcard 34: Increased filtration fraction causes _____ protein concentration (and thus πc) of peritubular capillary blood

Answer: increased

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Flashcard 35: What effect do low doses of dopamine have on GFR? _____

Answer: Little or no change

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Flashcard 36: For any freely filtered substance, the [TF/P]x at Bowman's space is equal to _____

Answer: 1.0

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Flashcard 37: Pregnancy = _____ GFR and _____ creatinine/BUN

Answer: ↑

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Flashcard 38: NSAID (→ _____ arteriole constriction) and ACEi (→ _____ arteriole dilation) → ↓ GFR

Answer: afferent

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Flashcard 39: How do macula densa cells respond to high NaCl delivery? _____

Answer: Signal afferent arteriole to constrict

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Flashcard 40: What is the normal range of Urine: Creatine clearance (Female)?

Answer: From 88 to 128 mL/kg