Renal — Flashcards

Flashcard 311: How does cystic fibrosis affect K+ levels? _____

Answer: Decreased (hypokalemia)

Flashcard 312: Insulin results in _____ K+ uptake into cells

Answer: increased

Flashcard 313: After PTH binds to _____, RANK-L is secreted which binds to RANK on _____, increasing bone resorption

Answer: osteoblasts

Flashcard 314: If the filtered load is greater than the excretion rate, there has been net _____

Answer: reabsorption

Flashcard 315: How is Cl- extruded out of the cell of the early DCT and into the blood? _____

Answer: Diffusion down its electrochemical gradient (via membrane channels)

Flashcard 316: Low serum Ca2+ levels will _____ PTH levels in the blood stream

Answer: increase

Flashcard 317: Decreased medullary hypertonicity (e.g. due to loop diuretics) results in an inability to _____ urine

Answer: concentrate

Extra: First Aid Pharmacology: Renal (Diuretics)

Flashcard 318: PTH increases Ca2+ _____ by the kidney

Answer: reabsorption

Flashcard 319: _____ is a hormone synthesized in the kidneys in response to hypoxia

Answer: Erythropoietin (EPO)

Flashcard 320: Vasopressin (ADH) causes water reabsorption by the renal distal tubule and collecting ducts by activating _____ receptors

Answer: V2