The force for glomerular filtration is the
A) fluid pressure produced by the displacement of the fluid in the lumen of the tubules.
B) osmotic pressure in the glomerular capillaries.
C) ATP-dependent processes in the nephron.
D) blood pressure in the glomerular capillaries.
E) None of the answers are correct.
D) blood pressure in the glomerular capillaries.
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Which of the following statements concerning the structure of spinal nerves is true?
A. The ventral root contains motor or efferent fibers. B. The ventral root has a prominent root ganglion. C. Rootlets from the surface of the spinal cord form the dorsal and ventral rami. D. Each spinal nerve is formed by the union of a cranial nerve and a spinal nerve. E. Spinal nerves do not have specific cutaneous distributions.
At the optic chiasm,
A. all axons from each optic nerve cross to the opposite side of the brain. B. ganglion cell axons from the medial region of each retina cross to the opposite side of the brain. C. none of the axons actually cross to the opposite side of the brain. D. ganglion cell axons from the lateral region of each retina cross to the opposite side of the brain.
An intact male cat is called a:
A) cat B) hob C) tom D) poult