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nbme30/Block 1/Question#36 (reveal difficulty score)
Investigator studying po2 in the experimental ...
Blood flow per gram of tissue is greater in the kidneys than in other organs ๐Ÿ” / ๐Ÿ“บ / ๐ŸŒณ / ๐Ÿ“–
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  • The kidneys relatively low metabolic demands compared with high blood flow result in a small difference in renal arterial and venous po2.

  • The po2 in the renal vein is relatively High compared to other organs that depend on blood flow to meet local metabolic demands.

  • kidneys are small, and receive almost one-fourth of total cardiac output, getting the largest blood flow per gram of tissue. Blood flow in the kidneys is excessive because it's more for filtration purposes. Thus there will be a small difference in arterial and venous po2.

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namesthegame22  TLDR: kidneys get a lot of blood, more than they need! +1
maximus  the kidneys: โ€œnot only do they need blood to function, they function to clean the blood!โ€โ„ข +1



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