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Chapter Five: Functions of the Distal Nephron

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Sodium Conservation in the Kidney

The sodium enters the distal ne front at a concentration of 75 milquivens per leader, and can exit the kidney at less than one milequivaent per leater. Soro rose then states that the a distal nafron is a site of the final qualitative changes in urn retion. That's where they're made. And he describes four primary purposes. One, urinary concentration. Two, urinary asidification. Three, secretion of potassium and four, sodium conservation.

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