Renal — Flashcards

Flashcard 231: The rate of _____ is equal to excretion rate - filtered load

Answer: secretion

Flashcard 232: How is Na+ extruded out of the cell of the early DCT and into the blood? _____

Answer: Na+-K+-ATPase pump

Flashcard 233: Prostaglandins act via a(n) _____ mechanism to vaso-dilate the afferent arterioles

Answer: paracrine

Flashcard 234: At high levels, vitamin D increases bone _____

Answer: resorption

Flashcard 235: How does PTH increase intestinal Ca2+ absorption? _____

Answer: Indirectly, by stimulating production of 1,25-(OH)2D3 in the kidney

Flashcard 236: Following the thick ascending limb (loop of Henle), glomerular filtrate enters the _____

Answer: distal convoluted tubule

Extra: Atlas:

Flashcard 237: Which three organ systems are involved in Ca2+ homeostasis? _____

Answer: Bone, kidney, and intestine

Flashcard 238: In the _____ of the nephron, Ca2+ is reabsorbed by an apical Ca2+ channel and a basolateral Na+-Ca2+ exchanger

Answer: DCT

Extra: Sketchy Pharmacology: Renal (Diuretics)

Flashcard 239: [TF/P]x _____ 1 when the solute is reabsorbed more quickly than water

Answer: <

Flashcard 240: Volume contraction results in decreased renal perfusion with consequent decreased GFR, thus increasing nitrogenous waste products in the blood (_____ azotemia)

Answer: prerenal