Clinical biochem- kidney

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Which two important enzymes are synthesised in the kidney?
calcitriol and erythropoietin
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Where in the kidney is the blood filtered?
Glomerulus
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Where is the site of aldosterone action?
distal convuluted tube
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Will a high blood ADH produce a dilute or concentrated urine?
concentrated urine
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what does the glomerular filtration rate measure?
the rate in which a substance is filtered from the blood
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What regulatory system is associated with the kidney?
renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system
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What do the juxtaglomerular cells secrete?
renin
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What is hyperkalaemia?
high levels of K+ ion
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What is hypocalcaemia?
low levels of Ca2+ ion
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Where in the kidney is the blood filtered?

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