A clinical nurse educator on a nephrology and dialysis unit is reviewing renal physiology with a nursing student who is completing a preceptorship on the unit
The student should be aware that a majority of reabsorption takes place in what anatomical location? A) Ureters
B) Proximal tubule
C) Efferent arteriole
D) Afferent arteriole
B
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Most reabsorption occurs in the proximal tubule. Almost all glucose and amino acids are reabsorbed; about 80% of water, sodium, potassium, chloride, and most other substances is reabsorbed. Arterial blood enters the glomerulus by the afferent arteriole, and blood that does not become part of the glomerular filtrate leaves the glomerulus through the efferent arteriole. The ureters connect the kidneys to the bladder.
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