Channel: Interactive Biology

Category: Education

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Description: If you want to know how well your kidneys function, a good metric to look at would be the Glomerular Filtration Rate. The Glomerular Filtration Rate is not constant. It needs to be increased or decreased depending on how much the kidney needs to get rid of. Well, how do you affect the glomerular filtration rate? In this video, you will get the answers. Enjoy! Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 00:16 The Nephron (review) 00:44 The Blood Vessels 01:03 Glomerular Filtration 02:37 Influencing Filtration Rate 03:53 Increasing GFR 04:12 Decreasing GFR 04:36 Areteriole Constriction and Relaxation 04:55 GFR Summary