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Whenever Olivia feels badly about an exam performance she visits the professor and breaks down into tears.As the professor attempts to console her,she is reminded of her childhood.Sigmund Freud would say that Olivia is using ________ to alleviate her anxieties about her academic abilities.


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Glomerulus

A network of capillaries located at the beginning of a nephron in the kidney, crucial for the filtration of blood to form urine.

Nephron

The basic structural and functional unit of the kidney, responsible for filtering blood and producing urine.

Ascending Loop

A section of the nephron in the kidney where salt and water are reabsorbed into the blood, crucial for urine concentration.

Distal Convoluted Tubule

A portion of the kidney nephron that functions in the reabsorption of water, sodium, and chloride and in the regulation of potassium and acid-base balance.

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