SOME MEASUREMENTS OF CILIARY ACTIVITY
- 1 March 1929
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physiological Society in American Journal of Physiology-Legacy Content
- Vol. 88 (2) , 282-285
- https://doi.org/10.1152/ajplegacy.1929.88.2.282
Abstract
The cilia in the 1st segment of the renal tubule of Necturus can, with the capsule torn and the proximal tubule occluded, raise the pressure in the tubule proximal to the occlusion to 4.0-5.7 cm. water. This demonstration proves that capsular fluid withdrawn under suction of not more than 1-2 mm. Hg can not be contaminated with tubular fluid. The nephrostome cilia can exert pressures of 8 to 11 cm. water. The complication which this introduces into an interpretation of the maximum intracapsular pressure with the tubule occluded as a measure of the maximum pressure against which the glomeruli can eliminate fluid is discussed.This publication has 1 reference indexed in Scilit:
- THE QUESTION OF WATER REABSORPTION BY THE RENAL TUBULE AND ITS BEARING ON THE PROBLEM OF TUBULAR SECRETIONAmerican Journal of Physiology-Legacy Content, 1929