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- 1. _______ in urine suggest the metabolism of fat (for example in an uncontrolled case of Type 1 diabetes)
- 3. Hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary to aid water reabsorption by the kidney
- 8. A type of epithelial cell making up the final barrier of the Bowman's capsule
- 11. Reabsorption and secretion which takes place through cells is termed _______________
- 12. In the RAAS system, renin converts __________ to Angiotensin I
- 13. The type of nephron that sit mostly in the cortex, making up around 80% of all nephrons
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- 2. Released when oxygen delivery to renal cortex is reduced, stimulating bone marrow progenitor cells to differentiate into erythrocytes
- 4. Production of urine
- 5. The type of dehydration most commonly caused by chronic vomiting/diarrhoea. Salt loss > Water loss and plasma osmolality decreases
- 6. In Diabetes _________, a lack of action of ADH reduces water reabsorption from the collecting duct, resulting in polyuria of dilute urine and excessive thirst
- 7. Name of the nerve which contracts the external urethral sphincter while the bladder is filling
- 9. In the formation of Vitamin D, cholecalciferol is converted to 25,hydroxycholecalciferol in the _______
- 10. The medical term used to describe no urine output