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What characteristic of peritubular capillaries favors reabsorption?

What effect does high pressure in the glomerular capsule have on filtration?

What is the ureterorenal reflex?

How does ADH affect urine concentration?

What is the outer, fibrous capsule that encloses the kidney called?

Where does blood enter the kidney?

Which of the following is NOT a common constituent of urine?

Which part of the kidney is the outer portion where nephrons are located?

What hormone increases water reabsorption in the distal convoluted tubule (DCT) and collecting ducts?

Why do potassium ions move from the tubular epithelium into the tubular fluid?