KROK 1 2015 – Question 41 · KROK (Medicine) · Physiology
Glomerular filtration of a person, who has been starving for a long time, has increased by 20%. The most likely cause of filtration changes in the given conditions is:
- A. Increase of systemic blood pressure
- B. Increase of filtration factor
- C. Decrease of blood plasma oncotic pressure
- D. Increase of renal filter permeability
- E. Increase of renal plasma flow
Hint
Think about which of the forces acting across the glomerular filter is altered when the body breaks down its own protein stores during prolonged starvation.
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