HUBS1406 Kidneys practice test EXAM
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The functional unit of the kidneys is the: - Correct Answers
✅nephron or tubule In response to increased levels of aldosterone, the kidneys
produce: - Correct Answers ✅urine with a lower
concentration of sodium ions.Kidney function has an influence on plasma calcium because
of: - Correct Answers ✅The role of the kidney in activating
vitamin D The chief force pushing water and solutes out of the blood across the filtration membrane is ________. - Correct Answers ✅glomerular hydrostatic pressure (glomerular blood pressure)
The kidneys are stimulated to increase their release of renin:
- Correct Answers ✅when blood pressure decreases
How is the kidney involved in the maintenance of the haematocrit? - Correct Answers ✅By the production of erythropoietin person with chronic renal failure is likely to suffer from - Correct Answers ✅anaemia 1 / 2
HUBS1406 Kidneys practice test EXAM
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SOLVED (Newest 2025) A person with chronic renal failure may have weak bones because - Correct Answers ✅the effects of acidosis and parathyroid hormone would combine to decrease the minerals in bone The amount of water in each of your body compartments
( blood, interstitial, intracellular, etc) is mainly controlled by: -
Correct Answers ✅the ion concentration in the compartments Which of the following would cause a decrease in the excretion of sodium and water? - Correct Answers ✅decreased arterial blood pressure The amount of a substance that is excreted in the urine is equal to the amount that is ________ plus the amount that is ________ minus the amount that is ________. - Correct Answers ✅filtered; secreted; reabsorbed What would consumption of a high-salt diet by a healthy individual be expected to do? - Correct Answers ✅Increase excretion of sodium in the urine.Excess hydrogen ions are eliminated from the body largely
by: - Correct Answers ✅the kidneys.
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