The hairpin design of the loop of Henle allows events on one side of the loop to influence the events on the other side, by a process referred to as

A) paratubular movement.
B) countercurrent exchange.
C) bulk flow.
D) glomerular filtration.
E) tubular reabsorption.


B

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