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Nephrology
| Questions |
Answers |
| What percentage of the cardiac output travels to the healthy kidneys? (Called the renal fraction) |
20-25% |
| How many times per hour does the blood get filtered through the kidneys |
12x |
| What is the weight of a normal kidney? |
120-160 grams |
| Each nephron consists of a ___ component and a ___ component |
vascular, tubular |
| How many nephrons are in each healthy kidney? |
About 1 million |
| The volume of plasma filtered from the glomerular capillaries into the bowman's capsule each minute is called___ |
GFR |
| What is the average GFR for a young adult? |
100-125 mL/min |
