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In approximately 5 minutes,[{Blank}] of blood is filtered by the kidneys. A midsagittal section of the body would pass through the: A) kidney B) lung C) heart D) spleen E) leg An obstruction in the glomerulus would affect the flow of blood into which of the f...
Urine, the excreted fluid and waste products filtered by the kidneys, can be presumptively tested for through the presence of urea (with urease, an enzyme) or creatine (with picric acid). Also, when heated, a urine stain gives off a characteristic odor that everyone is familiar with. Urine...
Through this process, the total plasma volume of 3 l is filtered nearly 60 times per day, allowing the kidneys to have precise control and regulation over body fluid composition. Diseases of the kidney, such as acute renal failure and chronic renal failure, become apparent when the normal ...
The supernatant was filtered by 0.22 μm pore size Merck Millipore Durapore™ PVDF Membrane Filters and subjected to Ni2+-affinity chromatography using a HisTrap Chelating column (5 mL, GE HealthCare) equilibrated in 50 mM Tris-HCl pH 7.5, 500 mM NaCl. Elution was performed with ...
The urea travels from your liver to your kidneys through your bloodstream. Healthy kidneys filter urea and remove other waste products from your blood. The filtered waste products leave your body through urine. A BUN test can reveal whether your urea nitrogen levels are higher than normal, sugges...
A creatinine test, also called a serum creatinine test, measures how well your kidneys are working. Creatinine is a waste product from the normal breakdown of muscle tissue. As your body makes it, it's filtered through yourkidneysand expelled in urine. Doctors use your creatinine levels to es...
Post-operative autologous transfusion:recycling your blood after surgery. Blood lost after surgery is collected, filtered, and returned to your body. This can be done in emergency and elective surgeries. It has the advantage of eliminating or minimizing the need for someone else's blood during sur...
Hemolysis is a cardinal feature of hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) and during hemolysis excess arginase 1 is released from red blood cells. Increased arginase activity leads to reduced L-arginine, as it is converted to urea and L-ornithine, and thereby r
Ovarian function declines significantly as females enter middle-age, but the mechanisms underlying this decline remain unclear. Here, we utilize whole-organ imaging to observe a notable decrease in ovarian blood vessel (oBV) density and angiogenesis inte