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Kidney

Kidney Vasculature

Glomerulus

Nephron Circulation

Blood Flow in Resting Human

Volume of Urine

Glomerular Capillary Wall

Fractional Clearance Across Glomerular Capillary

Glomerular “Sieve”

Electrical Charge Effect on Fractional Clearance Across Glomerular Capillary

Forces Driving Filtration

Filtration & Reabsorption In Systemic Capillary

Forces Determining GFR

Permeability of Glomerular Capillary

Pressures Inside the Renal Circulation

Filtration Pressures in Glomerular Capillary

Filtration Pressures in Glomerular Capillary

Factors Regulating PGC

Volume of Urine

Nephron Capillaries

Filtration & Reabsorption In Systemic Capillary

       Starling’s Forces in Peritubular Capillary

Glomerular and Peritubular Starling Forces

Renin-Angiotensin System

Angiotensin II Direct Effects on Kidney Function

Renin-Angiotensin System

Aldosterone Effect on Na+ and K+ in the Collecting Duct

Fractional Na+in Urine along the Nephron

Measurement of GFR