What Drives Filtration Across the Walls of Glomerular Capillaries - lecture

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What is the major force that induces glomerular filtration?

  • Bowman's Capsular hydrostatic pressure
  • Blood colloid osmotic pressure
  • Glomerular blood hydrostatic pressure (correct)
  • Renal tubule pressure

What is the hydrostatic pressure exerted against the filtration membrane by fluid already in the capsular space and renal tubule?

  • Blood colloid osmotic pressure
  • Glomerular blood hydrostatic pressure
  • Bowman's Capsular hydrostatic pressure (correct)
  • Renal tubule pressure

What does CHP represent in the filtration process?

  • A pressure that promotes filtration
  • A pressure that opposes filtration (correct)
  • A pressure that has no effect on filtration
  • A pressure that is not mentioned in the text

What is the colloid osmotic pressure gradient due to proteins in plasma but not in Bowman’s capsule?

<p>Blood colloid osmotic pressure (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which pressure promotes filtration in the glomerular capillaries?

<p>Glomerular blood hydrostatic pressure (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the value of Glomerular blood hydrostatic pressure?

<p>55 mmHg (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the value of Bowman's Capsular hydrostatic pressure?

<p>15 mmHg (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which pressure opposes filtration in the glomerular capillaries?

<p>Bowman's Capsular hydrostatic pressure (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the value of Blood colloid osmotic pressure?

<p>30 mmHg (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which pressure gradient is due to proteins in plasma but not in Bowman’s capsule?

<p>Blood colloid osmotic pressure (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the term used to describe the pressure that opposes filtration and represents a "back pressure"?

<p>Bowman's Capsular hydrostatic pressure (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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