Exam 4: Urine Formation Flashcards
Three steps to urine and where does each step happen?
Describe filtration membrane
Membrane that allows free passage of water and solutes smaller than plasma proteins
What is Gomer ruler filtration rate?
What factors affect it
Rate which plasma flows from glomerulus into space
Describe intrinsic and intrinsic mechanisms
What method controls, glomerular blood pressure and what controls systemic blood pressure
And healthy kidneys, which should be totally reabsorbed
What is the effect of sodium transport into the interstitial space?
What parts of reabsorption are affected in each part of the renal tubal
What products are actively secreted during tubular secretion?
What is the purpose of osmotic gradient?
What are you measuring in renal clearance?