Friday, 9 November 2012

Proximal Convoluted Tubules (PCT)


Concerning the transport process in the proximal convoluted tubules (PCT)

(a) about 50% of the normal filtered load of HCO3 ion is absorbed in the proximal tubule
(b) absorption of glucose is linked to sodium reabsorption
(c) normally most of the phosphate filtered is excreted
(d) there are active secretory mechanisms for penicillin and para-aminohippuric acid (PAH)
(e) amino acid absorption is independent of sodium reabsorption


(a) false (b) true (c) false (d) true (e) false

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