KROK 1 2016 – Question 68 · KROK (Medicine) · Physiology

Urine analysis has shown high levels of protein and erythrocytes in urine. This can be caused by the following:

  1. A. Hydrostatic primary urine pressure in capsule
  2. B. Effective filter pressure
  3. C. Renal filter permeability
  4. D. Oncotic pressure of blood plasma
  5. E. Hydrostatic blood pressure in glomerular capillaries
Hint

Think about what normally keeps blood cells and large proteins out of the primary urine and how that protection could fail.

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