Exercise 9: Renal System Physiology

EXERCISE 9: RENAL SYSTEM PHYSIOLOGY

|ACTIVITY 1: The Effect of Arteriole Radius on Glomerular Filtration |Answers |

|According to your lab manual, in humans the glomerular filtration rate (GFR) ranges | |

|from _____ to _____ ml/minute. | |

|When the radii of both the afferent arteriole and efferent arteriole were set at | |

|0.45mm, the GFR was approximately ______ ml/minute. | |

|40 | |

|60 | |

|80 | |

|120 | |

|True or False: Drinking a lot of caffeine (coffee or cola) leads to an increased |TRUE |

|urine volume. This might result from a decrease in the radius of the efferent | |

|arteriole....