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WorksheetsRenal Physiology
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 13mins
Normal renal blood flow is:
0.2 - 0.5 L/min
0.5 - 1.0 L/min
1.0 - 1.5 L/min
1.5 - 2.0 L/min
2.0 - 2.5 L/min
Normal effective renal plasma flow is approximately:
300 ml/min
600 ml/min
900 ml/min
1200 ml/min
1500 ml/min
There is a sharp fall in glomerular filtration rate as the mean arterial blood pressure drops below:
60 mmHg
70 mmHg
80 mmHg
90 mmHg
100 mmHg
The following causes decreased renal blood flow EXCEPT:
High protein diet
Sympathetic stimulation
Angiotensin II
Noradrenaline
Exercise
Which of the following statement is correct?
Renal cortex has low renal blood flow
Renal cortex has high O2 extraction
Renal medulla has high renal blood flow
Renal medulla has low O2 extraction
Renal blood flow is kept constant by autoregulation in the mean systemic blood pressure range of:
0 - 90 mmHg
90 - 200 mmHg
200 - 250 mmHg
Normal glomerular filtration rate is:
25 ml/min
50 ml/min
100 ml/min
125 ml/min
200 ml/min
Filtration fraction is:
GFR / RPF
Cr CI / RPF
([Cr]urine / [Cr]plasma) x urine flow rate
RPF / GFR
Which of the following will be most effectively filtered at the glomeruli:
Neutral substance with diameter 10 nm
Neutral substance with diameter 4 nm
Cationic substance with diameter 4 nm
Anionic substance with diameter 4 nm
Cationic substance with diameter 7 nm
Which of the following substance are secreted by renal tubules:
Sodium
Potassium
Chloride
Bicarbonate
Urea
Glucose is reabsorbed from proximal convoluted tubule using:
Passive diffusion
Endocytosis
Facilitated diffusion
Secondary active transport
Primary active transport
Most of the filtered water is reabsorbed in:
Proximal convoluted tubule
Descending loop of Henle
Ascending loop of Henle
Distal convoluted tubule
Collecting duct
Which of the following statement is FALSE:
Thick ascending limb of loop of Henle has Na/K/CI active transport.
Thin descending limb of loop of Henle is highly permeable to water.
Osmolality is greatest at the tip of loop of Henle.
Water diffuse out of blood vessel from the ascending limb of vasa recta into its descending limb.
Thin ascending limb of loop of Henle is impermeable to water.
The following parts of the nephron is permeable to urea:
Descending limb of loop of Henle
Ascending limb of loop of Henle
Distal convoluted tubule
Collecting ducts
Movement of urea in collecting duct is facilitated by:
Noradrenaline
Dopamine
Vasopressin
Angiotensin II
Maximal urine output that can be produced by water diuresis is:
125 ml/min
16 ml/min
160 ml/min
1.6 L/day
16 L/day
The following substance lead to increased sodium reabsorption in kidney:
Aldosterone
Vasopressin
ANP
PGE2
In the kidney, potassium secretion occurs in:
Proximal convoluted tubule
Loop of Henle
Distal convoluted tubule
Collecting ducts
Potassium is not secreted into renal tubules
Which of the following diuretics act on the proximal convoluted tubule:
Acetazolamide
Frusemide
Chlorthiazide
Mannitol
Amiloride
Which of the following injury will lead to a large volume, hypotonic bladder?
Transection of afferent pelvic nerve from bladder
Transection of both afferent pelvic nerve & efferent parasympathetic nerve to bladder
Transection of brainstem above midbrain
Transection of brainstem above pons
Which of the following is NOT an extracellular buffer system?
Carbonic acid-bicarbonate system
Dibasic phosphate system
Plasma protein
Hemoglobin (Histidine residues)
Hydrogen ion is NOT secreted in the following part of the nephron:
Proximal convoluted tubule
Loop of Henle
Distal convoluted tubule
Collecting ducts
Hydrogen ion secretion in proximal convoluted tubule uses:
Passive diffusion
Proton pump
H+/K+ exchange
H+/Na+ exchange
In the renal tubules, bicarbonate is responsible for buffering hydrogen ion in:
Proximal convoluted tubule
Loop of Henle
Distal convoluted tubule
Collecting ducts
Normal anion gap is approximately:
0 mmol/L
1-5 mmol/L
5 - 10 mmol/L
10 - 15 mmol/L
15 - 20 mmol/L
