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USMLE · Question #556
During a study of renal glomeruli, a healthy animal kidney is kept in a vascular bath preparation at a constant afferent arterial pressure of 100 mmHg. If the efferent arteriole is constricted with…
The correct answer is D. Increased hydrostatic pressure. See the full explanation below for the reasoning.
Question
During a study of renal glomeruli, a healthy animal kidney is kept in a vascular bath preparation at a constant afferent arterial pressure of 100 mmHg. If the efferent arteriole is constricted with a vascular clamp, which of the following Starling forces is most likely to change in the glomeruli?
Options
- ADecreased filtration coefficient (Kf)
- BDecreased hydrostatic pressure
- CDecreased oncotic pressure
- DIncreased hydrostatic pressure
- EIncreased oncotic pressure
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(31 responses)- A10% (3)
- C3% (1)
- D81% (25)
- E6% (2)
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