Explain counter current mechanism with the help of labelled diagram.
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The counter-current multiplier or the countercurrent mechanism is used to concentrate urine in the kidneys by the nephrons of the human excretory system. ... As urine flows downwards in the collecting tubule, it encounters higher and higher concentrations of solutes in the interstitium
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The flow of filtrate in the limbs of henle's loop and the flow of blood in the two limbs of vasa recta is in opposite direction ,thus forming a countercurrent . It maintains the gradient of increasing osmolarity of medularity of medulary interstitium.
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