PSL 432 Exam with 100% correct answers 2024

erythropoiesis correct answers forms erythropoietin cortical nephron correct answers short LoH renal corpuscle in outer cortex low filtration rate no vasarecta 7/8 of all nephrons juxtamedullary nephron correct answers long LoH renal corpuscle large and closer to medulla high filtration rate vasarecta present parietal layer correct answers outer layer of Bowman's capsule visceral correct answers podocyte layer of Bowman's capsule juxtaglomerular apparatus correct answers intersection of macula dense and afferent/efferent arterioles secretes renin into blood regulated by tubular glomerular feedback apical membrane in PT correct answers brush border present basolateral correct answers side of membrane highly invaginated with mitochondria ALoH correct answers impermeable to water GC hydrostatic and BS oncotic pressure correct answers forces that favor filtration BS hydrostatic and GC oncotic pressure correct answers forces that oppose filtration Kf(Pgc - Pbs) - Pgc correct answers equation for GFR autoregulation correct answers RBF and GFR are held relatively constant within range of arteriole pressures (90-180 mmHg) myogenic autoregulation correct answers tendency to contract when stretched contraction of arterioles tubulglomerular feedback autoregulation correct answers NaCl delivery to macula densa is changed due to change in BP, so afferent arteriolar resistance is changed [Px] x GFR correct answers Filtration equation