Question

Glucose and amino acids are reabsorbed from the glomerular filtrate by the __________.

Answer 1

Answer:

Amino acids, along with glucose, are reabsorbed in the glomerular system with a passive or active mechanism as the fluid travels through the entire renal tubular system and enters the circulation again.

Active mechanisms are those that require expenditure of energy, that is, expenditure of the energy currency, while the passive ones do not, they occur through spontaneous non-energy processes such as osmosis, the osmotic gradient and the difference in concentrations in different compartments.

Explanation:

Glomerular filtration is the regulator of the excretion of metabolites and toxic molecules or not necessary for our body. That is why if the amino acid values ​​are high as well as those of glucose in urine, we will be facing a pathology.

If glucose is increased, it is because there is a glycemic peak in blood volume, hence possible diabetes.

And if the amino acids are increased, we could be facing an autoimmune or proteolytic pathology where a large amount of body proteins such as muscle proteins would be breaking down and releasing the amino acids that make it up, this phenomenon usually appears in those people who suffer from rhabdomyolysis in expenses very intense energy sources not appropriate.

On the other hand, glomerular filtration occurs in the kidney and is carried out by the nephron, which is the functional unit of the kidney, within it there is a specific tubular system in collection, absorption and reabsorption, added to the presence of Bowman's capsule.