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Angel asked in Science & MathematicsBiology · 1 decade ago

Physiology Help? How is Renal Clearance of Na effected by increased water intake?

In a basic physiology lab we ran an experiment where we tested the renal clearance for sodium and water from a person with normal water intake and a hydrated person with 8 times the normal water intake. The results show that the clearance of water goes down very slightly and the sodium clearance increases sightly. Why?

Update:

Hoping for a pretty detailed explanation. I understand the coupling of water and sodium reabsorbtion, but thought that water was supposed to be able to be excreted without affecting other solutes...

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  • 1 decade ago
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    Sodium causes water retention

  • Anonymous
    5 years ago

    Water is the biggest to loosing the load. in case you do no longer drink a minimum of 8-10 large glasses an afternoon you could desire to only benefit extra weight. Your physique needs water to flush out the undesirable stuff. eat a one thousand cal an afternoon foodstuff plan and that i in my view assure you will unfastened the load. I did that for 6 months and lost a hundred and ten lbs.

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