Urine Formation

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Urine Formation: Overview

This topic covers concepts, such as, Physiology of Excretion, Urine Formation, Glomerular Filtration, Tubular Reabsorption, Tubular Secretion & Urine etc.

Important Questions on Urine Formation

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Glucose contained by Glomerular filtrate compared to plasma is 

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A person is undergoing prolonged fasting. His urine will be found to contain abnormal quantities of:

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

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About 90% of water is reabsorbed in PCT.

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Name the organ in which the ornithine cycle occurs.

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The amount of urine produced depends on the amount of water that is reabsorbed from the glomerular filtrate in the renal tubules.

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Which one of the following statements in regard to the excretion by the human kidneys is correct?

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Reabsorption of useful substances back into the blood from the filtrate in a nephron occurs in:

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The part of nephron involved in the active reabsorption of sodium is:

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Which one do not filter out from blood to Bowman's capsule in glomerular ultrafiltration

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Glomerular hydrostatic pressure is present in

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The amino acid that acts as a carrier of ammonia from skeletal muscle to liver

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Maintenance of body potassium level is primarily by tubular

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Identify the biological term for A process that changes glomerular filtrate into urine from the options given below: 
Homeostasis, excretion, glomerulus, urea, glomerular filtration, ureters, urine, Bowman's capsule, urinary system, reabsorption, micturition, osmosis, glomerular capillaries via efferent arteriole, proteins, glomerular filtrate, urinary bladder.

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The Bowman's capsule is made of a double-walled cup-shaped structure that performs selective reabsorption.

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Choose the incorrect combinations with respect to urine formation from the following.

  Part of Nephron Selective reabsorption Secretion
(A) Distal convoluted tubule Facultative reabsorption
of Na+ and H2O
H+,K+and NH4+
(B) Descending limb of the loop of Henle H2O by passive transport Impermeable to
electrolytes
(C) Proximal convoluted tubule H+ and K+ ions H+ and urea
(D) Collecting duct K+ and H2O Ammonia and HCO3-

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Which of the following features best suits to a healthy/normal individuals urine:

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Which of the following pathway converts ammonia into urea in ureotelic animals

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The yellow colour of urine of vertebrate is due to

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Which of the following is recovered in the collecting duct of the nephron?
 

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Blood fraction remaining unchanged after circulation through kidney is