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  • 12-03-2018
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Explain how the loop of henle enhances water conservation by the kidney. describe the countercurrent mechanisms of the loop of henle.

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  • 12-03-2018
enhancees through being;
long for maximum reabsorption
thin walls for faster reabsorption
highly concentrated adjacent blood vessels to maintain concentration gradient

the countercurrent flow system is the idea that the glomerular filtrate and blood flows in opposite direction to maintain the concentration gradient
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