ANATOMY

GENERAL ANATOMY

URINARY SYSTEM

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which process reclaims water and solutes from fluid and returns them to blood?
A
Glomerular filtration
B
Tubular reabsorption
C
Tubular secretion
D
Water conservation
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Tubular reabsorption is the process that moves solutes and water out of the filtrate and back into your bloodstream. This process is known as reabsorption, because this is the second time they have been absorbed; the first time being when they were absorbed into the bloodstream from the digestive tract after a meal.

Detailed explanation-2: -Reabsorption includes passive diffusion, active transport, and cotransport. Water is mostly reabsorbed by the cotransport of glucose and sodium. Filtrate osmolarity changes drastically throughout the nephron as varying amounts of the components of filtrate are reabsorbed in the different parts of the nephron.

Detailed explanation-3: -While much of the reabsorption and secretion occur passively based on concentration gradients, the amount of water that is reabsorbed or lost is tightly regulated. This control is exerted directly by ADH and aldosterone, and indirectly by renin.

Detailed explanation-4: -In renal physiology, reabsorption or tubular reabsorption is the process by which the nephron removes water and solutes from the tubular fluid (pre-urine) and returns them to the circulating blood.

Detailed explanation-5: -Water reabsorption is by osmosis through water channels in the membrane. These water channels consist of a family of proteins called aquaporin.

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