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Factors increasing glomerular filtration rate
A Increased filtration coefficient
B Increased plasma colloidal osmotic pressure
C Sympathetic stimulation
D Dehydration
E Increased arterial blood pressure
Renal glomerular function can be assessed by
A eGFR
B Albumin to creatinine ratio (AC
C Urinary total protein
D Water deprivation test
E Acid load test
In the glomerular filtration system
A The basal laminae of the glomerular capillary and podocytes fuse
B The capillary has fenestrations (porein between the endothelial cells
C The podocyte processes interdigitate
D Electrical charge of the membrane determines the nature of filtration
E The mesangial cells play a key role
The findings supporting a diagnosis of pre-renal rather than established acute renal failure are
A Oliguria <700 ml per day
B A urinary osmololity>600 mosmol/kg
C A urinary sodium cone
D <20 mosmol/l
E Urine / plasma urea ratio> 10: 1
F Hypertension rather than hypotension
During washing of filter at the end of constant pressure filtration, the rate of washing equals the rate of filtration
A At time zero
B At the end of filtration
C When half the filtrate has been obtained
D At the end of filtration, but decreases with time subsequently
Filtration operation carried out by continuous increase of the inlet pressure of slurry, is called the __________ filtration.
A Constant rate
B Varying pressure
C Varying rate
D Constant pressure
The renal plasma clearance value of a substance is
A Directly related to the rate of urine formation
B Expressed in units of volume per unit time
C Inversely related to its urinary concentration
D Directly related to its plasma concentration
E The volume of urine that contains the amount of the substance
Renal filtration barrier is comprised of
A Endothelium
B Visceral layer of epithelium
C Parietal layer of epithelium
D Mesangial cell
E Vasa recta
Capillary filtration rate tends to increase when there is an increase in
A Capillary hydrostatic pressure
B Interstitial fluid colloidal osmotic pressure
C Plasma colloidal osmotic pressure
D Total peripheral resistance
E Interstitial fluid hydrostatic pressure
The cake resistance increases steadily with the time of filtration in a plate and frame filter employing constant __________ filtration.
A Rate
B Pressure
C Both A & B
D Neither A nor B

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