NEET 2000 Biology question

Concentration of urine depends upon which organ :

(1)Bowman's capsule
(2)Length of Henle's loopCorrect
(3)P.C.T.
(4)Network of capillaries arising from glomerulus

Answer: (2)

Solution

The ability to produce concentrated (hypertonic) urine depends on the counter-current mechanism of the loop of Henle and the vasa recta, which creates a medullary osmotic gradient. Animals with a long loop of Henle (juxtamedullary nephrons, e.g. desert

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