For water to leave a kidney tubule by osmosis, the interstitial fluid around that region of tubule must be ____ relative

to the filtrate inside the tubule.
a. hypertonic
b. hypotonic
c. isotonic


d. osmotic
e. permeable


ANSWER: a

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