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PhysioEx Lab Report

Exercise 9: Renal System Physiology


Activity 1: The Effect of Arteriole Radius on Glomerular Filtration
Name: q243242
Date: 17 December 2022
Session ID: session-d31509d4-9a8c-ba71-ce64-68b26766c49a

Pre-lab Quiz Results


You scored 40% by answering 2 out of 5 questions correctly.

1 There are approximately __________ nephrons in a healthy human kidney.

Your answer: 1 × 102

Correct answer: 1 × 106

2 Which of the following lists the anatomical structures in the correct order as they are
encountered by the blood itself during the process of filtration?

You correctly answered: afferent arteriole, glomerular capillary, efferent arteriole.

3 Bowman's capsule is connected to the beginning of the

You correctly answered: proximal convoluted tubule.

4 The functional unit of the kidney is the

Your answer: glomerulus.

Correct answer: nephron.

5 During the process of renal reabsorption, fluid and solutes move from the

Your answer: renal tubule into the collecting duct.

Correct answer: renal tubule into the peritubular capillaries.

Experiment Results
Predict Questions

1 Predict Question 1: What will happen to the glomerular capillary pressure and filtration
rate if you decrease the radius of the afferent arteriole?

You did not answer this question.

2 Predict Question 2: What will happen to the glomerular capillary pressure and filtration
rate if you increase the radius of the afferent arteriole?

You did not answer this question.

3 Predict Question 3: What will happen to the glomerular capillary pressure and filtration
rate if you decrease the radius of the efferent arteriole?

You did not answer this question.

Stop & Think Questions

1 Caffeine consumption leads to increased urine formation. From the results in this
experiment thus far, you might propose that

You did not answer this question.

Correct answer: caffeine dilates the afferent arteriole.

2 When you are in the desert and dehydrating, which of the following arteriole
combinations would benefit you the most?

You did not answer this question.

Correct answer: afferent constriction and efferent dilation.

Post-lab Quiz Results


You scored 0% by answering 0 out of 4 questions correctly.

1 If you increase the afferent arteriole radius and keep all other variables constant, the
glomerular filtration rate would

Your answer: decrease.

Correct answer: increase.

2 If you decrease the efferent arteriole radius and keep all other variables constant, the
volume of urine flowing into the urinary bladder would

Your answer: decrease.

Correct answer: increase.

3 If you increase the efferent arteriole radius and keep all other variables constant, the
glomerular filtration rate would

Your answer: increase.

Correct answer: decrease.

4 If you decrease the afferent arteriole radius and keep all other variables constant, the
volume of urine flowing into the urinary bladder would
Your answer: increase.

Correct answer: decrease.

Review Sheet Results


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