Urine becomes hypertonic as it flows through the descending limb … - Vidyadip

Question

Urine becomes hypertonic as it flows through the descending limb of Henle's loop. Justify.

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Answer

Descending limb is permeable to water, but not to solutes; loss of water from this segment, makes the filtrate hypertonic.

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