Exam 3 BB 3102 Minute Paper/Clicker Questions

1. Describe the function of the DCT. Contrast with the function of the PCT

2. Which of the following is NOT a function of the kidney?

A. Regulating water volume in the blood and interstitial fluids
B. Regulating solutes in the blood and interstitial fluids
C. Responding to hypoxia to stimulate RBC production
D. Filtering and removing waste products from the body
E. They are all functions of the kidney
3. Why is there a net flow into the interstitial fluid at the arteriole end of
the capillary bed?
A. Because HP is greater than OP
C
C
B. Because HP is greater than OP
C
IF
C. Because OP is equal to OP
IF
C
D. Because HP is less than OP
C
C
4. Why is there a net flow into the capillary at the venule end of the
capillary bed?
A. Because HP is greater than OP
C
C
B. Because HP is greater than OP
C
IF
C. Because OP is equal to OP
IF
C
D. Because HP is less than OP
C
C
5. Based on what you know about HP
do you expect the HP
A. Higher than HP

in normal capillary beds, what

C
(glomerular capillaries) to be?

GC
for other capillary beds

C
B. Lower than HP for other capillary beds
C
C. The same as HP for other capillary beds
C
6. Why isnt HP
negligible (like the HP in the body tissues)?
CS
IF

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7. Traumatic events that cause a drastic drop in blood pressure (severe
dehydration, third degree burns, hemorrhage) can lead to acute kidney
failure. Explain why (reference the pressures if you can!).

8. You have now seen how solutes move across the cells of the PCT and
into the extracellular fluid. How do these solutes (eg, glucose) enter
the peritubular capillaries? (Eg, why dont they stay in the ECF?)

9. Amino acids are also completely reabsorbed in the PCT. Make a

prediction about how these amino acids cross the apical and
basolateral membranes of the PCT.

10.
If a person had a mutation in the glucose facilitated diffusion
transport channel in the cells of the PCT, describe what would be the
result (What would happen to the glucose? What would happen to the
urine?)

11.
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
F.

Glucose is reabsorbed in the:

Glomerulus
PCT
Descending limb of nephron loop
Ascending limb of nephron loop
DCT
Collecting duct

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12.
A.
B.
C.
D.

Which region is impermeable to water?

PCT
Descending limb
Ascending limb
Collecting duct

13.
When the filtrate reaches the DCT, what is its relative
concentration?
A. Similar osmolality to the original filtrate (from the glomerulus)
B. Decreased osmolality from the original filtrate
C. Increased osmolality from the original filtrate
14.
So, which region do you predict is the ultimate target of alcoholmediated dehydration?
A. Glomerulus
B. PCT
C. Nephron loop
D. DCT
E. Collecting duct
15.

What is Polycystic Kidney Disease?

16.
Anabolic steroid abuse can result in male infertility, or the
inability of a male to impregnate a female. Explain why this occurs.

17.
Unlike females, males can produce many billions of gametes
throughout life due to the presence of ________ in their seminiferous
tubules.
A. type B daughter cells
B. primary spermatocytes
C. spermatozoa
D. spermatogonia

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18.
If a man were to sustain a brain injury that prevented the
secretion of LH, which of the following would occur?
A. The hypothalamus would no longer produce GnRH
B. Sustentocyes would no longer produce ABP
C. Interstitial endocrine cells would no longer produce testosterone
D. The seminiferous tubules would no longer contain spermatogonia
19.
A.
B.
C.
D.

Which
Oogenesis
Oogenesis
Oogenesis
Oogenesis

of the following is true about oogenesis?

results in the formation of one viable oocyte.
occurs in the uterine tubes.
is the result of several mitotic divisions.
is complete before ovulation occurs.

20.
A.
B.
C.
D.

Ovulated oocytes enter the uterine tubes ________.

directly, from contact with the ovary
via undulations of the fimbriae that draw in the oocyte
via diffusion
via muscular contractions of the infundibulum

21.
Compare and contrast the stages of spermatogenesis and
oogenesis.