6 Poorly controlled diabetes mellitus, which results in a high blood glucose, of

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6 Poorly controlled diabetes mellitus, which results in a high blood glucose, often causes glucose and ketones to be found in the urine. Explain these findings. (You may need to us? your textbook for help.) 7 In Exercise 26-3 (p. 700), you traced items that were filtered at the glomerulus. Now consider a hydrogen ion that is not filtered but is instead secreted from the peritubular capillaries into the filtrate at the distal tubule. Trace the pathway this hydrogen ion would take from the afferent arteriole to the point at which it exits the body of a male in the urine. Start: Afferent arteriole Exits the body in the urine.

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Afferent arteriole ? glomerulus ? efferent arteriole ? peritubular capillary ? distal tubule ? cortical collecting duct ? medullary collecting duct ? papillary duct ? minor calyx ? major calyx ? renal pelvis ? ureter ? urinary bladder ? prostatic urethra ? membranous urethra ? spongy urethra ? external urethral orifice ? Exits the body in the urine

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