Urea

question 184

Multiple Choice

Urea

• A) is a waste product resulting from the breakdown of protein.
• B) is passively reabsorbed at the end of the proximal tubule down a urea concentration gradient created by the osmotic-induced reabsorption of water from the proximal tubule.
• C) recycling between the late portion of the collecting tubule and the long loops of Henle contributes to medullary hypertonicity.
• D) both (a) and (b) above.
• E) all of these answers.

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