PATHOLOGY MCQ
URINARY SYSTEM
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Question
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During urine production, a number of waste products can be excreted. When comparing the following categories of waste products, which substance would be least likely to be reabsorbed by a normal, healthy patient?
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amino acids
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glucose
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sodium
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urea
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Urea is the most common form of nitrogenous waste in human body fluids.
Detailed explanation-2: -But in the proximal tubule, both urea and water get reabsorbed. Urea recycling is a process in kidneys that involves the reabsorption and secretion of urea several times, which contributes to the high concentration of solutes in the renal medulla and helps to establish and maintain the corticopapillary gradient.
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