Normally, what is the relationship of the amount of sodium excreted to the amount ingested that day?

a. Intake is higher.
b. Excretion is higher.
c. Intake and excretion are equal.
d. Excretion is unrelated to intake.
e. At extremes of intake, they are unrelated; at normal intake, intake is greater than excretion.


ANS: C

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