Author Question: Basically, what occurs in the countercurrent multiplier process? A) Sodium is pumped into the blood ... (Read 96 times)

cartlidgeashley · **on:** Feb 27, 2019

Basically, what occurs in the countercurrent multiplier process?
A) Sodium is pumped into the blood while potassium is actively transported out of the blood back into the tissues.
B) A higher sodium concentration is produced in the renal medulla that osmotically draws out water, reducing it within the tubules and the urine.
C) Glucose and sodium are cotransported from urine back into blood.
D) Creatinine is actively transported out of the blood into urine.
E) Uric acid is excreted into the kidney tubules while urea is reabsorbed in the nephron loop.

Question 2

As blood leaves the right ventricle, it passes through the ________ and then into the pulmonary trunk.
A) pulmonary veins
B) conus arteriosus
C) aorta
D) inferior vena cava
E) superior vena cava