Q1. What type of compensation would you expect in apatient with metabolic alkalosis?
A.) A compensatory respiratory acidosis caused by a decrease inrespiratory rate.
B.) A compensatory metabolic acidosis caused by an increase lossof bicarbonate in the urine
C.) A compensatory alkalosis caused by an increased loss of H+in the urine.
D. A compensatory respiratory alkalosis caused by an increase inrespiratory rate.
Q2. Bicarbonate is reabsorbed into the epithelial cellsof the proximal convoluted tubule as?
A. CO2
B. H2CO3
C. HCO3-
D. Carbonic anhydrase
Q3. What drives +/H+ antiport on the apical membrane ofthe proximal kidney tubule?
A. The action of aldosterone
B. The Na+/k+ pump on the basolateral membrane of the proximalkidney tubule
C. The osmotic gradient between the filtrate and intersitialspace of the proximal tubule.
D. Secondary active transport.
Q4. Which is false regarding Glomerular filtrationrate.
A. It is influenced by cardiac output
B. GFR is influenced by blood volume
C. Urine vol. is not an indicator of GFR
D. GFR is the volume in milliliters of filtrate produced by thekindneys per minute
