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Penguins have a counter current heat exchange mechanism. The warm blood entering their flippers flows past cold blood leaving. This warms the cold blood and cools the warm blood thus reducing heat loss from the flippers.
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∙ 11y ago
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∙ 14y agoThe exchange of a substance or heat between two fluids flowing in opposite directions.
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∙ 9y agoCountercurrent mechanism is something that happens in nature but can be mimicked in engineering. This is basically heat or some other type of component between 2 flowing bodies.
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What is countercurrent multiplier mechanism?
The Loop of Henle
The countercurrent mechanism functions primarily in the?
nephron loop
Where in kidney countercurrent mechanism occurs?
rental medulla
The countercurrent mechanism functions in the?
In the nephron loops, particularly in the juxtamedullary nephrons.
What part of the renal tubule has an elaborate countercurrent mechanism for reabsorption of sodium and water?
A part of the tubule called the Loop of Henle is involved in the reabsorption of sodium and therefore water.
What is countercurrent breathing?
Cromwell current
An example of a countercurrent is the?
Cromwell current
Countercurrent exchange in the fish gill helps to maximize what?
diffusion.
What are the Countercurrent exchange systems in animal systems?
loop of henle,gills
Countercurrent exchange in the fish gill helps to maximize which of the following?
Diffusion
An example of a countercurrent is what?
fish gills. Blood in the feet of penguins Loop of Henle
What is height transfer unit?
It is a dimensionless parameter to measure countercurrent sorption operations
