Renal — Flashcards

Flashcard 281: Edema may be caused by _____ and _____ retention

Answer: sodium

Flashcard 282: The H+ inside the cells of the early PCT (from H2CO3) is _____ by the Na+-H+ exchanger

Answer: re-secreted (into the lumen)

Flashcard 283: Proximal renal tubular acidosis is associated with _____-kalemia

Answer: hypo

Flashcard 284: The corticopapillary osmotic gradient is established, in part, by _____

Answer: urea recycling

Flashcard 285: Which type of photoreceptor is found in the fovea? _____

Answer: Cones

Flashcard 286: Chronic hypocalcemia causes secondary _____, which is characterized by increased synthesis and storage of PTH and hyperplasia of the parathyroid glands

Answer: hyperparathyroidism

Extra: * due to chronic stimulation of parathyroids by low calcium, low calcitriol, and high phosphate

Flashcard 287: Sweating in a desert is a cause of _____-osmotic volume contraction

Answer: hyper

Extra: * net loss of water > Na+ = hyperosmotic volume Other: Goljan

Flashcard 288: The _____ ratio gives the fraction of filtered load remaining of a solute at any point along the nephron

Answer: [TF/P]x/[TF/P]inulin

Flashcard 289: The early distal convoluted tubule is _____ to water (permeability)

Answer: impermeable

Extra: Sketchy Pharmacology: Renal (Diuretics)

Flashcard 290: The first stage of spermatogenesis is _____ of spermatogonia to generate the primary spermatocyte

Answer: DNA replication (interphase)