BIOL 221 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Renal Compensation, Renal Corpuscle, Antiporter

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Review your notes from topic 7 then answer the following questions: Compensates for respiratory problems and metabolic problems (important when respiratory system fails to compensate) It is the only compensation for acid-base problem caused by respiratory diseases and it compensates for metabolic problems, although it does so more slowly than the respiratory system normally works. The ability of the kidneys to compensate for metabolic disorders is very to compensate as may occur when the person has both metabolic and respiratory diseases. the respiratory system important when fails. Via antiport with na+ at apical membrane. Via symport with na+ at basolateral membrane. Renal compensation occurs in the nephron (see topic 10). Hydrogen ions, bicarbonate and phosphates are filtered at the renal corpuscle in the same concentrations as they are found in plasma. Whatever is not reabsorbed is lost in the urine.

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