What is the "renal threshold"?
- AThe concentration at which all substances are actively reabsorbed.
- BThe maximum concentration of a substance in the blood up to which it is completely reabsorbed from the glomerular filtrate.
- CThe concentration at which no substance is filtered in the glomerulus.
- DThe concentration at which the filtration of a substance begins.
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Out of the following:
$I.$ $PCT$
$II.$ $DCT$
$III.$ Loop of Henle
$IV.$ Collecting duct
Which contributes most in maintaining the $pH$ of blood?
$I.$ $PCT$
$II.$ $DCT$
$III.$ Loop of Henle
$IV.$ Collecting duct
Which contributes most in maintaining the $pH$ of blood?
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View SolutionWhich of the following statement$(s)$ is/are true?
$(1)$ Urine is hypertonic in the distal convoluted tubule.
$(2)$ When the urine passes into the collecting tubule,it becomes hypotonic.
$(3)$ Urine is isotonic in the proximal convoluted tubule.
$(4)$ Urine becomes more and more hypotonic as it passes through Henle's loop.
$(1)$ Urine is hypertonic in the distal convoluted tubule.
$(2)$ When the urine passes into the collecting tubule,it becomes hypotonic.
$(3)$ Urine is isotonic in the proximal convoluted tubule.
$(4)$ Urine becomes more and more hypotonic as it passes through Henle's loop.
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