Pharm Quiz

Regulate water and salt balance

Eliminate endogenous and exogenous waste

Secrete renin to regulate blood pressure

Belong to the urinary system only

Produce erythropoietin (EPO) for red blood cell sythesis

Elimination= Filtration

Elimination= Filtration + secretion

Elimination= Secretion + reabsorption

Elimination = Filtration + secretion + reabsorption

Elimination = Filtration + reabsorption

Volume of water cleared per unit time

Volume of blood cleared per hour

Volume of blood cleared per unit time

Volume of water cleared per hour

Volume of urine per hour

Inhibit sodium and chloride ions reabsorption in descending limb of loop of Henle

Increase sodium and chloride ions reabsorption in thick ascending limb of loop of Henle

Inhibit sodium and chloride ions reabsorption in thin ascending limb of loop of Henle

Increase sodium and chloride ions reabosrption in distal convoluted tubule

Inhibit sodium and chloride ions reabsorption in thick ascending limb of loop of Henle

Block sodium channels

Major side effects are hypercalemia and hyponatremia

Promote the secretion of potassium ions into urine

Generally used in combination with other diuretics

Act on the collecting duct and distal convoluted tubule

Basic drugs are rapidly excreted in basic urine

One of the most common causes of acute tubular necrosis is use of nephrotoxic drugs

Diuretics increase sodium and water retention

Gentamicin is an immunosuppressant that is commonly used in organ transplantation to prevent graft rejection

Chlorothiazide inhibits sodium and chloride ions reabsorption in proximal convoluted tubule