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Card 6

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Explain the equilibration process in the medullary countercurrent multiplier system

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Card 7

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How does urea trapping/recycling generate a medullary concentration gradient?

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Card 8

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Summarise what happens during regulation of urine concentration in proximal tubule & loop of Henle?

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Card 9

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Summarise what happens during regulation of urine concentration in distal tubule & collecting duct?

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Card 10

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What are vasa recta? What is their function?

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Card 11

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What happens when ECF osmolality decreases & increases?

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Card 12

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What mechanisms are used to regulate water intake & excretion?

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Card 13

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What is the role of ADH in regulation of blood fluid osmolality?

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