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Excretory Products and their Elimination
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Differentiate between the following :

(c) Ascending limb and descending limb

Answer

Ascending limb

Descending limb

Thick

Nephric filtrate becomes hypotonic.
Impermeable to water.
Active reabsorption of 25% K+ and small amount of CI–

Thin

Nephric fitrate becomes hypertonic.
Permeable to water.
No active reabsorption of Na+ ion. It receives Na+ by diffusion.

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