Which process is the vital first step essential to all kidney functions?
A) active secretion
B) reabsorption of nutrients
C) reabsorption of water from the tubular fluid
D) glomerular filtration
E) excretion of metabolic waste products
D) glomerular filtration
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What will be an ideal response?
An infant is born with a large defect in the central tendon of the diaphragm. This condition is most likely the result of malformation of which of the following structures?
(A) Dorsal mesentery of the esophagus (B) Ventral mesentery of the gut tube (C) Pleuroperitoneal folds (D) Septum transversum (E) Cervical somites
List some physiological mechanisms to increase glomerular filtration rate (GFR).
What will be an ideal response?
The two major types of phagocytic cells are
A. neutrophils and monocytes.
B. neutrophils and macrophages.
C. monocytes and macrophages.
D. lymphocytes and monocytes.
E. eosinophils and T cells.