Water is reabsorbed into the blood.
the renal tubles divide into two
No it is not. It is permeable to ions.
False, only solute to water.
Yes
false
The function of the ascending loop of henle is draw Sodium out of the filtrate. The ability of the ascending loop to actively transport sodium into the surrounding tissue is directly related to the amount of water that can be diffused out of the descending loop of henle. (main factor in water re-absorption)
Yes, the ascending limb of the loop of Henle.
absorption of water (from descending limb), absorption of Na+ (from ascending limb)Β
the primary function of the ascending loop of henle in the kidney
The Ascending limb of the loop of Henle
# Water is reabsorbed all along the nephron. # Urine becomes hypertonic (salty) because of the loop of Henle and the collecting duct. # Loop of Henle # The descending limb of the loop of Henle can't absorb salt, and the ascending limb can't absorb water. # Salt passively diffuses out of the lower portion of the ascending limb. # The upper part of ascending limb actively transports salt into tissue of the renal medulla. # Increase in salt in the direction of the inner medulla. # Urea leaks from the lower portion of collecting duct and contributes to a high solute (salt) concentration. # Water leaves descending limb of the loop of Henle, returning to the blood. # Urine is hypertonic to blood.
Sally Rachel Jacobs has written: 'Magnesium reabsorption in the thick ascending limb of the loop of Henle'
active transport of sodium and chloride ions from the ascending limb of the loop of Henle.
in the ascending limb of the loop of Henle
In the ascending loop, Na+ (or any solute) is actively pumped out of the tubule. As flow continues up the loop, the tubular concentration decreases as does the interstitial (the fluid surrounding the loop) concentration.Because water is impermeable in the ascending loop, the volume at the bottom of the loop is the same as that entering the distal tubule. At the bottom of the loop, the tubular and interstitial concentrations are equal.The ascending loop of Henle actively pumps sodium and potassium out but water can not follow. This concentrates the water inside the loop of Henle.
The thick descending limb contains the most dilute filtrate (it is not called urine at this stage). It become more concentrated as it travels through the loop of Henle. It should be noted that this is not because more solute is added but instead because the water is reabsorbed into the blood along the loop of Henle. The Ascending Loop is the most dilute, because it is permeable to salts not H20, and passes through a Decreasing Salt Barrier. The thick portion of the ascending linb actively pumps Cl ions out of the tubular fluid and into the surrounding tissue. The ascending limb is impermeable to water, however, and so water does not follow the sodium and Cholride by osmmosis. The result is that the tublar fluid becomes more and more dilute as it flows up the ascending limb.
a