Human Physiology Quiz 7 2015

Name: _________________________________________________________

1) (4 pts) Which of the following will cause an increase in the glomerular filtration rate (GFR)?
A) Increasing the hydrostatic pressure in the glomerulus capillaries
B) Increasing the colloid osmotic pressure of the glomerulus capillaries
C) Increasing the hydrostatic pressure in Bowman’s capsules.

2.  (4 pts) Functions of the kidneys include 

A.   the regulation of body salt and water balance.
B.   excretion of metabolic waste products.
C.   the regulation of blood glucose concentration.
D.   both the regulation of body salt and water balance and excretion of metabolic waste
products (A. and B.).

3.  (4 pts) 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 ________. 
A.   filtered; reabsorbed; secreted
B.   reabsorbed; filtered; secreted
C.   secreted; reabsorbed; filtered
D.   filtered; secreted; reabsorbed
E.   reabsorbed; secreted; filtered

4. (4pts) Reabsorption of glucose and amino acids in the kidney proximal tubules occurs by:
A) diffusion, depending on plasma glucose and amino acid concentration
B) an active transport process that is linked to sodium reabsorption
C) an active transport process that is linked to urea transport
D) active transport with no link to the transport of any other substance

5. (4 pts) When the filtered load of glucose exceeds glucose’s tubular maximum transport rate
A) glucose will be excreted from the body
B) glucose will be secreted into the tubule
C) glucose will stop being reabsorbed into the blood
D) glucose will be converted to ATP

Bonus

1.  (3 pts – equation, work and answer each 1 pt) A normal individual at rest has a glomerular hydrostatic
pressure (capillary pressure) of 60 mmHg, a Bowman's capsule hydrostatic pressure of 18 mmHg, a plasma
(capillary) osmotic pressure of 32 mmHg and a Bowman's capsule osmotic pressure of 0 mmHG. What is a
normal person's net filtration pressure? Equation below is OK or using the specific terms in this question

Net Filtration Pressure (NFP) = (PCAP – IFP) – (PCOP – ICOP)

NFP = (60 - 18) – (32 - 0)
10 mmHg
(1 pt) Nitric Oxide (NO) acting on smooth muscles surrounding the afferent arterioles (into the glomerulus)
would (increase/decrease) the net filtration pressure above.