Kidney Filtration - Describe the three pressures involved in the process of filtration. Give a brief description of what would occur if a kidney stone was present. Which of the three pressures would increase? How would this effect filtration? Please do not copy and paste from a website. Be detailed.

The kidney and blood loss - You have just been in an accident and experienced substantial blood loss. What autoregulatory mechanisms in the kidney will be initiated to maintain filtration pressure? If blood loss occurs, what further mechansims are used to maintain pressure? Please be detailed and do not copy and paste from a website.

Protein digestion - Why does more than one protein digesting enzyme exist? Give two reasons why the pancreas must neutralize the chyme from the stomach. Is the stomach chyme acidic or basic, why? What does the pancreas release to neutralize pH?

Diarrhea - While visiting a foreign country, you inadvertently drink the water, even though you have been advised not to. You contact an intestinal disease that causes severe diarrhea. How would you expect your condition to affect your blood pH, urine pH and pattern of ventilation?

Working with DNA codon mutations. - Would you expect a mutation in the DNA from TAA to TAG to produce hazardous affects? Why? What about a change from TAA to GAA?