NUR 406 Final 1
- hyrdrostatic pressure
Answer -Pushing force
-when the hydrostatic pressure inside the capillary exceeds the surrounding inter- stitial space, fluids and solutes are forced out of the capillary wall into the interstitial space.
- oncotic pressure
Answer -Pulling force
-The osmotic pressure in the blood vessels due only to plasma proteins (primarily albumin) --> causes water to rush back into capillaries at end.
- Functions of the kidney
- excrete nitrogenous waste
Answer
- regulate blood volume
- regulate electrolyte content
- helps regulate acid-base balance in blood
- produce renin which regulates blood pressure
- produces erythropoietin which regulates rbc production
- Process of urine formation
Answer -filtration
-reabsorption -secretion
- Nephritic syndrome
Answer 1 / 2
Hematuria, hypertension, and oliguria.
- nephrotic syndrome
Answer loss of large amounts of plasma protein, usually albumin, through urine due to an increased permeability of the glomerular membrane
- renal calculi s/s
Answer Severe, unbearable pain on side of affected kidney (renal colic if it radiates to groin), N/V, fever, hematuria, abd distention, chills, anuria if obstruction
- negative feedback loop
Answer A feedback loop that causes a system to change in the opposite direction from which it is moving
- Thyroid gland hormones
Answer T3, T4, calcitonin
- adrenal gland hormones
Answer aldosterone and cortisol
- Pancreas hormones
Answer insulin and glucagon
- posterior pituitary hormones
Answer ADH and oxytocin
- Hyperthyroidism
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