Final Flashcards
The air that moves in and out of lungs during normal, quiet breathing is called vital capacity.
True/False
False (tidal volume)
Aldosterone is synthesized in the ____ and acts on the ____ to conserve sodium ions and water.
Supra-optic nuclei; distal tubule
Adrenal cortex; distal convoluted tuble
Renal cortex; distal tuble
Paraventricular nuclei; collecting duct
Adrenal cortex; distal convoluted tuble
ADH is synthesized and secreted in response to hyperosmolar plasma from the posterior pituitary gland.
True/False
False
Causes resting potential phase of rhythmic action potentials
Slow Ca2+ influx Rapid Ca2+ influx Rapid Na+ influx Slow K+ efflux Rapid K+ efflux
Rapid Ca2+ influx
In the absence of surfactant, alveolar collapse is most likely to occur at the end of exhalation.
True/False
True
Depends upon Na+ reabsorption
Plasma proteins Glucose reabsorption Bicarbonate ion reabsorption Chloride reabsorption Hyperkalemia
Glucose reabsorption
Stimulation of the parasympathetic nerves will cause the bronchioles to dilate.
True/False
False (constrict)
Ventilation-perfusion matching is best ____.
In the upper 1/3 of lungs
In the middle 1/3 of lungs
In the lower 1/3 of lungs
Throughout the lungs
In the lower 1/3 of lungs
Albumin is not normally excreted in the urine because of the presence of negative charges in the glomerular capillary endothelium.
True/False
True
Lines conducting airways
Slow cation influx
Septal cells
Ciliated epithelia
Rapid potassium efflux
Ciliated epithelia
Which of the following will cause systemic blood pressure to increase?
Hypo-aldosteronism
ADH deficiency
Excessive renin secretion
Increase in vagal tone
Excessive renin secretion
Requires Na+/H+ exchange
Plasma proteins Glucose reabsorption Bicarbonate ion reabsorption Chloride reabsorption Hyperkalemia
Bicarbonate ion reabsorption
Active secretion of protons occurs in which part of the nephron?
Glomerulus
Proximal straight tubule
Loop of Henle
Distal convoluted tubule
Distal convoluted tubule
Electrolyte disturbances are most likely to occur when ion transport is impaired across the luminal membrane of cells in the ____.
Proximal convoluted tubule
Proximal straight tubule
Thick ascending Henle’s loop
Distal convoluted tubule
Thick ascending Henle’s loop
Carbon dioxide produced by tissue metabolism is primarily transported to the lungs for exhalation in the form of carbaminohemoglobin.
True/False
True
Carb digestion begins in the oral cavity.
True/False
True
Cortical nephrons play a crucial role in the counter-current mechanism that is responsible for urine concentration.
True/False
False (juxtamedullary)
Hydrogen ions and carbon dioxide help oxygen bind to hemoglobin.
True/False
False
Wheezing in asthmatic patients is due to air being forced through dilated bronchioles.
True/False
False (constricted)
Plasma proteins are repelled from entering the urinary ultra-filtrate by the presence of electrical charge lining the ____.
Glomerular capillary
Podocyte foot processes
Bowman’s capsule
Support cells
Podocyte foot processes
Foreign bodies and particulates are more likely to lodge/get deposited in the left bronchus than in the right bronchus.
True/False
False (more likely in the right)
Respiratory activity is regulated by changes in CSF concentration of which of the following?
Bicarbonate ions
Hydrogen ions
Carbon dioxide
Oxygen
Hydrogen ions
Foreign bodies and particulates are more likely to lodge/get deposited in the left bronchus than in the right bronchus.
True/False
False (more likely in the right)
Stimulaiton of the pneumotaxic center causes which of the following effects?
DRG neurons are stimulated
VRG neurons are stimulated
Apneustic center neurons are inhibited
Cheyne-Strokes respiration occurs
Apneustic center neurons are inhibited
The only substance that is secreted by primary active transport across the luminal membrane of the tubular nephron is hydrogen ions.
True/False
True
Which of the following Starling forces causes filtration of plasma components to form urinary ultra-filtrate in the glomeruli?
Capillary hydrostatic pressure
Interstitial oncotic pressure
Capillary oncotic pressure
Interstitial hydrostatic pressure
Capillary hydrostatic pressure
Cortical nephrons play a crucial role in the counter-current mechanism that is responsible for urine concentration.
True/False
False (juxtamedullary)
Pulmonary surfactant serves to raise the surface tension between moist alveolar walls.
True/False
False (reduce)
A person with hyper-aldosteronism will present with which of the following?
Low BV
Hypokalemia
Hypertension
None of the above
Hypokalemia
Hypertension
When the plasma level of ADH is high, water permeability of the collecting duct will be ____.
Unchanged from normal
Higher than normal
Lower than normal
None of the above
Higher than normal
Urine concentration by the counter-current exchange mechanism does not involve the participation of which of the following structures?
Loop of Henle
Vasa recta
Peritubular capillaries
Collecting duct
Peritubular capillaries
Causes rapid depolarization phase of plateau action potentials
Slow Ca2+ influx Rapid Ca2+ influx Rapid Na+ influx Slow K+ efflux Rapid K+ efflux
Rapid Na+ influx
Only juxtamedullary nephrons participate in counter-current multiplication.
True/False
True
Which of the following is most likely to be evident in the laboratory data of a patient with diabetic ketoacidosis?
Hypoglycemia
Hypokalemia
Decreased bicarbonate in plasma
Decreased carbon dioxide in plasma
Decreased bicarbonate in plasma
ANP is a sodium-retaining hormone secreted from the atrial myocardium.
True/False
False (hyponatremia)
The anion that is reabsorbed from the ultra filtrate in the late proximal tubule of the nephron is bicarbonate.
True/False
False (Cl- is reabsorbed)
Hyperosmotic plasma will stimulate secretion of which of the following substances?
Aldosterone
Renin
Angiotensin I
ADH
ADH
ADH increases cAMP content in cells of the inner medullary collecting duct.
True/False
True
The renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system regulates glomerular filtration pressure and is also important for the long-term regulation of systemic blood pressure.
True/False
True
In acidosis, hydrogen ions are passively secreted in the late distal tubule and collecting duct to make the urine acidic.
False (active secretion; convoluted tubule)
Most of the carbon dioxide produced by cells is transported in blood in which of the following forms?
Dissolved CO2
Carboxyhemoglobin
Carbaminochemoglobin
Bicarbonate ions
Bicarbonate ions
Acclimation to high altitudes involves which of the following?
Increased erythropoiesis
Increased ADH secretion
Increased renin secretion
All of the above
Increased erythropoiesis
Sodium-potassium exchange across the basolateral membrane of the tubular nephron occurs by secondary active transport.
True/False
False (primary)
In the baroreceptor reflex, sensory signals are conveyed by the parasympathetic fibers of CN X.
True/False
Flase
The substance that acts as the urinary buffer to prevent damage by the secreted protons is ____.
Hydrogen ions
AAs
Ammonia
Urea
Ammonia
ADH hormone is synthesized in ____ of the hypothalamus and acts on ____ to conserve water.
Paraventricular nuclei; collecting duct
Supra-optic nuclei; collecting duct
Supra-optic nuclei; distal tubule
Paraventricular nuclei; distal tubule
Supra-optic nuclei; collecting duct
Stimulates aldosterone secretion
Plasma proteins Glucose reabsorption Bicarbonate ion reabsorption Chloride reabsorption Hyperkalemia
Hyperkalemia
Changing the manner of breathing does not change which of the following?
Tidal volume
Anatomical dead space
Inspiratory reserve volume
Expiratory reserve volume
Anatomical dead space
Normal urine has no glucose or protein.
True/False
True
The renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system regulates glomerular filtration pressure and is also important for the long-term regulation of systemic blood pressure.
True/False
True
Creatinine clearance is a measure of renal plasma flow.
True/False
True