12 Questions
What are the three processes involved in urine formation?
Glomerular filtration, tubular reabsorption, and tubular secretion.
What happens during glomerular filtration?
Movement of water and solutes from blood plasma into the renal tubule
What does tubular reabsorption involve?
Reabsorption of filtered water and useful solutes back into the blood
What does tubular secretion involve?
Secretion of wastes, drugs, and excess ions into the fluid
What is the function of tubular secretion?
To remove substances from the blood
What percentage of plasma passing through the glomerulus is filtered?
20%
What percentage of filtered fluid is excreted?
Less than 1%
How efficient is the urine formation process?
Highly efficient.
What is not filtered in glomerular filtration?
Proteins.
Where do water and solutes move across in glomerular filtration?
The wall of glomerular capillaries.
Which process involves the movement of urine from the renal tubule into blood plasma?
None of the processes.
What is the function of tubular reabsorption?
To reabsorb filtered water and useful solutes back into the blood
Study Notes
- Urine formation involves 3 processes: glomerular filtration, tubular reabsorption, and tubular secretion.
- Glomerular filtration involves the movement of water and solutes from blood plasma into the renal tubule.
- Tubular reabsorption involves the reabsorption of about 99% of filtered water and useful solutes back into the blood.
- Tubular secretion involves the secretion of wastes, drugs, and excess ions into the fluid.
- Tubular secretion removes substances from the blood.
- Only 20% of plasma passing through the glomerulus is filtered.
- Less than 1% of filtered fluid is excreted.
- The process is highly efficient.
- Proteins are not filtered in glomerular filtration.
- Water and solutes move across the wall of glomerular capillaries.
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