II. Blood Flow and Filtration

• Objective 1: To Determine the Sites of Control of Blood Pressure and Blood Flow Within the Kidney.

• Objective 2: To Understand the Magnitude and Role of the Starling Forces in Each Capillary Bed.

• Objective 3: To Understand the Anatomy and Function of the Glomerulus.

• Objective 4: To Understand the Forces Involved in Filtration.

• Objective 5: To Understand How Changes in Constriction  of the Afferent and Efferent Arterioles Alter RBF and GFR.

• Objective 6: To Understand the Anatomy of the Juxtaglomerular Apparatus and its Role in the Control of GFR and RBF.

• Objective 7: To Determine the Signals That Act on the Juxtaglomerular Apparatus to Alter Arteriolar Constriction.

• Objective 8: To Understand How the Kidney Autoregulates RBF and GFR.

• Objective 9: To Understand the Interrelationships Between Extrinsic Neural and Humoral Factors and the Auto-regulatory Mechanisms.
  

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