Physiology #7

1. In which portion of the kidney tubule is most water normally reabsorbed?

2. Which of the following procoagulant proteins binds to tissue factor exposed beneath the endothelium of traumatized blood vessels and initiates the clotting cascade?

3. In the clotting process, as the hemostatic plug develops, fibrin polymerizes into monomeric threads that are held together by noncovalent bonds. Which clotting protein increases the strength of the clot by cross-linking the newly formed fibrin threads?

4. Spirometry can demonstrate and measure all of the following except

5. Cardiac output is increased by all except

6. all of the following structures lie in the renal medulla except

7. Which of the following substances is likely to be present in significant amounts in urine that has a stable, frothy, white foam on top?

8. interference with oxygen exchange in lungs is a type of

9. nitrogen narcosis is caused due to

10. somatomedian mediates

11. If a creatinine clearance of 100 mL/min changes to 50 mL/min over 1 year, assuming that there has been no change in diet, which of the following physiologic changes can be expected?

12. Best test for GFR is with

13. In which segment of the systemic circulation does the greatest decrease in blood pressure occur?

14. Which of the following indices would be expected to be decreased in a kidney donor after full recovery from the removal of the kidney?

15. while recording the blood pressure

16. Conversion of angiotensin-I to angiotensin-II occurs in

17. Which of the following does not occur as the blood passes through systemic capillaries

18. An elevated level of which of the following substances would identify a specimen as plasma rather than serum?

19. Which of the following would shift the oxygen-hemoglobin dissociation curve to the right?

20. oxygen dependent killing is done through