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Subject : health-sciences
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1. What do macula densa cells sense






2. What substance is secreted in response increase atrial pressure






3. What is the net effect of PTH






4. Defect in collecting ducts ability to excrete H+






5. What is the effect of AT II on the hypothalamus






6. what happens to pH - PCO2 - and bicarb in respiratory alkalosis






7. What is the least common kidney stone - What causes it and How do you treat it






8. What therapy does miminal change respond to...






9. What is the ddx for metabolic alkalosis with compensation






10. What aspect of vitamin D metabolism occurs in the proximal tubule of the kidney and What effect does that have on calcium and phosphate






11. How do you interpret creatinine clearance






12. When is TF/P ratio > 1






13. What happens when PTH is secreted






14. With what genetic tumor syndrome is RCC associated






15. What 3 things stimulate the release of renin - and Where is it released from






16. What are the effects of AT II on vascular smooth muscle






17. What is the formula for secreted






18. What are the effects of PTH hormone on the kidney






19. What does aldosterone do in the collecting tubule






20. What are the associations with nephrotic syndrome






21. What needs to happen for postrenal obstruction to creat ARF






22. What effect does cxn of the ureter have on RPF - GFR and FF






23. What is the formula for excretion rate






24. what happens to pH - PCO2 - and bicarb in respiratory acidosis






25. coarse - asymmetric - corticomedullary scarring and blunted calyx






26. In a metabolic acidosis What additional calculation is necessary and How do you make it






27. What is the LM for diabetic glomerulonephropathy






28. What is the most frequent kind of kidney stone and What are causes that lead to it






29. nonenzymatic glycosylation of GBM - inc permeability and thickening






30. What is the purpose of the JGA






31. What happens in the collecting tubules






32. What are the effects of AT II on the adrenal gland






33. In what disease in FSGS the most common glomerular disease






34. What is the effect of AT II on the posterior pituitary






35. What is the affect of prostaglandins on RPF - GFR - and FF - and why? What would NSAIDs do?






36. In renal failure - what happens to potassium






37. How does RCC spread






38. How is plasma volume measured






39. What is the BUN/Cr ratio in prerenal azotemia and why?






40. What are the 3 transporters of the intercalated cells






41. fever - CVA tenderness - N/V - affects cortex with relative sparing of glomeruli/vessels






42. The fenestrated capillary endothelium constitutes what portion of the barrier






43. How is chlorid reabsorbed in the proximal tubule






44. hyaline casts ddx






45. most common cause of acute renal faiure in hospital - self reversible but fatal - dz and associations - key finding






46. What is generated and secreted in the proximal tubule






47. What circumstances causes ADH secretion






48. What is the effect of AT II on the proximal tubule - and what kind of alkolosis does this allow for






49. What is the effect of of PTH on the distal convoluted tubule






50. Why is there anemia in renal failure