Tuesday, 4 October 2011
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Sodium is actively reabsorbed from the renal tubule in which of the following nephron segments?
A. proximal tubule
B. distal tubule
C. thick ascending limb of the loop of Henle
D. all of the above
E. none of the above
D. Sodium is reabsorbed by active transport in all of the segments named, although it is not actively transported in either the descending or ascending thin limbs of the loop of Henle.
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