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Physiology Practice Test: The Urinary System - Fluid and Electrolyte Balance
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Physiology Practice Test: The Urinary System - Fluid and Electrolyte Balance
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1. Which of the following is NOT one of the stimuli that will result in the release of antidiuretic hormone?
2. Which of the following correctly describes water movement across the epithelial cells lining the collecting duct?
3. At high concentrations of antidiuretic hormone, the extent of water reabsorption in the collecting ducts is ________, causing urine output to ________.
4. The activity of the respiratory system can increase pH by ________.
5. The transport of material across the gastrointestinal tract normally leads to a net gain of solutes and water by the body.
6. In the ascending limb of the loop of Henle, the filtrate will always be ________.
7. What enzyme converts angiotensinogen into angiotensin I.
8. Which of the following is an effect of the transporters in the proximal tubules?
9. How does severe vomiting cause a metabolic alkalosis?
10. Which of the following mechanisms is NOT important in the maintenance of the osmotic gradient within the proximal tubule that drives water movement?
11. Plasma can gain solutes and/or water from which of the following?
12. Which of the following is an effect of aldosterone on principal cells?
13. Which of the following best describes sodium movement in the proximal tubule?
14. During hyperventilation, why do some people detect a tingling sensation in their hands and feet?
15. What stimulates atrial natriuretic peptide release?
16. A substance is in negative balance when ________.
17. Which of the following is NOT a compensation that would occur in response to a metabolic acidosis?
18. Which of the following statements on sodium movement in the renal tubules is true?
19. Aldosterone is released from the ________ in response to ________.
20. In order to compensate for a hyperventilation, the ________.
21. Which of the following conditions is NOT responsible for stimulating the release of renin?
22. Respiratory compensation for changes in pH are originated by ________.
23. Renin is released by ________ cells of the ________.
24. Angiotensin II and atrial natriuretic peptide are able to alter the reabsorption of water through a similar pathway that involves altered ________.
25. The extent of potassium excretion is regulated primarily by the ________.

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