Explain the effects of the following on glomerular filtration?

Question

1 Chronic liver disease

2 kidney stones

3 high blood pressure

4 low blood pressure

Answer 1

I'm not sure about chronic liver disease, but...

2. kidney stones lower the glomerular filtration rate because the stone is in there blocking the tubing, if it gets bad enough it can shut down the nephron/kidney

3.  high blood pressure increases the GFR becaues there is more pressure on the blood...  if this happens things like blood cells and protiens that shouldn't be filtered can get into the filtrate

4.  low blood pressure decreases the GFR because there isn't enough pressure on the blood and it just passes by without being filtered.  This causes problems because the 'waste' stays in the blood