Urine: Formation, Concentration and Composition
Urine: Formation, Concentration and Composition: Overview
This topic covers concepts such as vasa recta, renin-angiotensin mechanism, composition of urine, osmoregulation and urine formation.
Important Questions on Urine: Formation, Concentration and Composition
Glucose contained by Glomerular filtrate compared to plasma is

The net pressure gradient that causes the fluid to filter out of the glomeruli into the capsule is

Which one of the following is a matching pair?

In the renal tubules the permeability of the distal convoluted tubule and collecting duct to water is controlled by

The function of leghaemoglobin during biological nitrogen fixation in root nodules of legumes is to

Which part of nephron plays an important role in counter current mechanism?

Role of kidney in acid base balance:

Select the odd one with respect to regulation by RAAS.

Does the angiotensin II act only in the efferent arteriole?

Three steps of execrection are filteration,reabsorption and secreation. How secretion is performed?

Assertion: Deficiency of vasopressin causes diabetes mellitus.
Reason: It facilitates the reabsorption of water from the glomerular filtrate.
The correct option among the following is

Reabsorption of urea and secretion of it takes place in:

Under normal conditions, which one is completely reabsorbed in the renal tubule?

Medullary interstitium is capable of concentrating the nephric filtrate by:

JGA (Juxta-glomerular apparatus) stimulated to release renin when:

Which of the following statements is correct?

Which of the following statements is not true?

A large amount of about of fluid is filtered by the human kidneys per day. Which one of the following renal corpuscle features does not justify this?

Select the correct matching.

Excretory organs help in
