KROK 1 2010 – Question 83 · KROK (Medicine) · Pathophysiology
A patient has a decreased vasopressin synthesis that causes polyuria and as a result of it evident organism dehydratation. What is the mechanism of polyuria development?
- A. Reduced tubular reabsorption of protein
- B. Reduced glucose reabsorption
- C. Reduced tubular reabsorption of Na ions
- D. Acceleration of glomerular filtration
- E. Reduced tubular reabsorption of water
Hint
Think about which nephron segment vasopressin acts on and what it inserts into the luminal membrane there; consider what its absence does to urine volume and concentration.
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