Question 10 - Single Best Answer
Mrs. Nephro is a 29 year old black female who you have followed for a long time. She was born with abnormal kidneys. You remember her very first visit to your office: she presented at the age of 5 for her Kindergarten check-up and her urine lab studies were abnormal. She had 4.0 grams of protein in her urine, aka proteinuria (any value > 3.0 defines proteinuria). From which site/structure is she losing the protein?
A) proximal tubule
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The proximal tubule absorbs the majority of the filtrate (proteins like albumin, electroytes and glucose).![]()