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Chapter Four: The Loop of Henle and Counter Current Exchange

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Getting to 800 Is Pretty Incredible

Getting to 800 is pretty remarkable, it's probably a move point. But as organisms go, we're pretty meagre concentrators because they're depending on how long your loops are. And i don't now, ta, one of the the strongest concentrators is a desert rat who has access to almost no water. I just wanted to stress what this loop concentration thing is about. It's there so that we can survive with different water in take. If we always had access to water and weren't able to concentrate, we would just be really thirsty and drink a lot of water. But we don't have to do that. We can concentrate our urine and save some of the water

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