Summary: Regulation of Extracellular Volume
or
How to keep from swelling up or shriveling away
and
Why kids urinate in the swimming pool: Physiology in Action
Myles Akabas
Two Factors Independently Regulate Glomerular Filtration Rate
RPF
GFR1) Renal Plasma Flow
2) Glomerular Capillary Hydrostatic Pressure
total renal resistance = RT = RA + RE
Rtotal
RPF
Q = P/R or RPF =
(MAP ­ MVP)
RT
Bowman's Space
Glomerular CapillaryAfferent
Arteriole
Efferent

Source: Akabas, Myles - Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Yeshiva University

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