Multiple Choice Questions

The reabsorption of water and solutes _____.
  • Decreasing the efferent arteriole diameter and increasing the afferent arteriole diameter
  • Increasing the efferent arteriole diameter and decreasing the afferent arteriole diameter
  • Is passive, depends on concentration gradients and is into the peritubular capillaries
  • Increasing the efferent arteriole radius and/or decreasing the afferent arteriole radius
What is(are) the driving force(s) for filtration in the nephron?
  • Hydrostatic pressure gradients and osmotic pressure gradients
  • Exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide with the tissues
  • Increasing the efferent arteriole radius and/or decreasing the afferent arteriole radius
  • Glomerular pressure, glomerular filtration rate and urine volume
Which of the following resulted in a decrease in glomerular capillary pressure?
  • Increasing the efferent arteriole radius and/or decreasing the afferent arteriole radius
  • Afferent arteriole, glomerulus, efferent arteriole
  • Decreasing the efferent arteriole diameter and increasing the afferent arteriole diameter
  • Increasing the efferent arteriole diameter and decreasing the afferent arteriole diameter
When the efferent arteriole constricts, ______.
  • The back pressure in the Bowman's capsule increases
  • Urine concentration increases
  • Glomerular pressure, glomerular filtration rate and urine volume
  • Blood pressure on glomerular filtration rate
What happened to the urine volume when the solute gradient in the interstitial space was increased?
  • The urine volume will increase
  • Renal corpuscle and renal tubule
  • The urine concentration increased
  • Urine concentration increases
Secretion of ADH would _______.
  • Urine volume was zero
  • Decrease urine output
  • Spaces surrounding the kidney tubule
  • Glomerular secretion
When beaker pressure was lowered, which of the following decreased?
  • Glomerular filtrate rate increased, and urine volume increased
  • Glomerular pressure, glomerular filtration rate and urine volume
  • Glomerular filtration rate homeostasis and glomerular hydrostatic pressure homeostasis
  • Glomerulus and the glomerular capsule
As the pressure in the beaker increased, which of the following occurred?
  • Glomerulus and the glomerular capsule
  • Glomerular filtration rate homeostasis and glomerular hydrostatic pressure homeostasis
  • Glomerular filtrate rate increased, and urine volume increased
  • Glomerular pressure, glomerular filtration rate and urine volume
Which structures form the filtration membrane in the nephron?
  • Glomerulus and the glomerular capsule
  • Glomerular pressure, glomerular filtration rate and urine volume
  • Glomerular filtrate rate increased, and urine volume increased
  • Glomerular secretion
Interstitial fluid is located in the _____.
  • Glomerulus and the glomerular capsule
  • Spaces surrounding the kidney tubule
  • Blood pressure on glomerular filtration rate
  • Renal corpuscle and renal tubule
Which of the following would decrease glomerular filtration rate?
  • Increasing the efferent arteriole diameter and decreasing the afferent arteriole diameter
  • Exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide with the tissues
  • Increasing the efferent arteriole radius and/or decreasing the afferent arteriole radius
  • Decreasing the efferent arteriole diameter and increasing the afferent arteriole diameter
The functions of the nephron include all of the following EXCEPT:
  • Glomerular secretion
  • Glomerulus and the glomerular capsule
  • Glomerular pressure, glomerular filtration rate and urine volume
  • Glomerulus
When blood pressure increases, what changes can occur to maintain glomerular filtration rate?
  • Increasing the efferent arteriole diameter and decreasing the afferent arteriole diameter
  • Glomerular pressure, glomerular filtration rate and urine volume
  • The glomerular filtration rate increased and the glomerular pressure increased
  • Constriction of the afferent arteriole and dilation of the efferent arteriole
In this activity, the drain beaker (second beaker in the flow) simulates the _____.
  • Blood pressure on glomerular filtration rate
  • Glomerulus
  • Urine volume was zero
  • Renal vein
Which of the following describes the order in which blood flows through the nephron?
  • Increasing the efferent arteriole diameter and decreasing the afferent arteriole diameter
  • Afferent arteriole, glomerulus, efferent arteriole
  • Exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide with the tissues
  • Decreasing the efferent arteriole diameter and increasing the afferent arteriole diameter
With the valve between the collecting duct and the urinary bladder closed and with the pressure increased, ______.
  • Glomerular pressure, glomerular filtration rate and urine volume
  • Urine volume was zero
  • Glomerular filtration rate homeostasis and glomerular hydrostatic pressure homeostasis
  • The glomerular filtration rate increased and the glomerular pressure increased
When ADH is present in the filtrate, _______.
  • Renal corpuscle and renal tubule
  • Urine concentration increases
  • The urine volume will increase
  • Urine volume was zero
When the beaker pressure was lowered, which of the following decreased?
  • Glomerular pressure, glomerular filtration rate and urine volume
  • Glomerular filtrate rate increased, and urine volume increased
  • Glomerular filtration rate homeostasis and glomerular hydrostatic pressure homeostasis
  • The back pressure in the Bowman's capsule increases
In this activity, we will explore the effect of _____.
  • Glomerulus and the glomerular capsule
  • Blood pressure
  • Blood pressure on glomerular filtration rate
  • The back pressure in the Bowman's capsule increases
Which of the following resulted in an increase in glomerular filtration rate?
  • Decreasing the efferent arteriole diameter and increasing the afferent arteriole diameter
  • Afferent arteriole, glomerulus, efferent arteriole
  • Increasing the efferent arteriole radius and/or decreasing the afferent arteriole radius
  • Increasing the efferent arteriole diameter and decreasing the afferent arteriole diameter
Which of the following is NOT a function of the kidneys?
  • Afferent arteriole, glomerulus, efferent arteriole
  • Exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide with the tissues
  • Decreasing the efferent arteriole diameter and increasing the afferent arteriole diameter
  • Increasing the efferent arteriole radius and/or decreasing the afferent arteriole radius
Which of the following should NOT be found in the filtrate in the Bowman's capsule?
  • Increasing the efferent arteriole diameter and decreasing the afferent arteriole diameter
  • Afferent arteriole, glomerulus, efferent arteriole
  • 80-140 mL/min
  • White blood cells
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