Renal — Flashcards

Flashcard 751: Primitive reflexes are inhibited by a mature/developing _____ lobe

Answer: frontal

Flashcard 752: The early DCT normally reabsorbs approximately _____% of the filtered Na+

Answer: 5

Flashcard 753: In diabetes insipidus, the water deprivation test fails to _____ urine osmolality

Answer: increase

Flashcard 754: _____ is used to estimate the ability to concentrate or dilute the urine

Answer: Free-water clearance (CH2O)

Flashcard 755: Which cells of the kidney detect changes in blood pressure?_____

Answer: Juxtaglomerular cells

Flashcard 756: The NSP4 enterotoxin of rotavirus increases _____ permeability

Answer: Cl-

Flashcard 757: In the early distal tubule, the TF/P osm ratio is _____ 1

Answer: < (less than 1)

Extra: The early distal tubule (along with the thick ascending limb) is known as the "diluting segment." These segments are impermeable to water but actively reabsorb solutes, causing the tubular fluid to become hyposmotic relative to plasma ([TF/P]osm < 1).

Flashcard 758: Obstructive jaundice is associated with dark urine due to increased urine _____

Answer: conjugated bilirubin