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What Is the Diagnostic Term for an Individual Who Restricts

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What is the diagnostic term for an individual who restricts food intake, resulting in low body weight outside the norms for age, sex, development, and physical heath?


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Urine Concentration

The process by which the kidneys regulate the water content and solute composition of the urine.

Urea

Urea is a nitrogenous compound produced in the liver as a waste product of protein metabolism, excreted in urine.

Collecting Ducts

Channels within the kidneys responsible for gathering urine from the nephrons and moving it towards the renal pelvis.

Distal Convoluted Tubule

A portion of kidney nephron between the loop of Henle and the collecting duct system where selective reabsorption and secretion occur, influencing body's electrolyte and fluid balance.

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