A 23-Year-Old Hiker Loses a Foothold and Falls Several Feet

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Multiple Choice

A 23-year-old hiker loses a foothold and falls several feet during a mountain climb.  He sustains no major injury but loses his backpack.  He walks in the heat without water for the next 8 hours; by the time he reaches a shelter, he is extremely thirsty.  Fluid from which of the following nephron segments is likely to be the most hypoosmotic in this individual?

• A)A
• B)B
• C)C
• D)D
• E)E
• F)F

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