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The Loop of Henle is a 'U' shaped portion of the nephron tubule which is very important in retaining water and Na+ from urine, in the process of 'Osmoregulation'. Water leaves the descending limb of the Loop...

There are several different ways substances can be transported: 1) simple diffusion, i.e. substances that tend to be lipid soluble/ non-polar and can pass easily across the phospholipid bilyar of cells. 2) f...

Alveoli have features that speed up the rate of diffusion so that gases can be exchanged quicly. They have a thin exchange surface - the alevolar epithelium is only one cell thick, which means there's a shor...

The temperature of the earth is a balance between the heat it gets from the sun and the heat it radiates back out into space. Gases in the atmosphere absorb most of the heat that would normally be radiated o...

The lock and key model only allows one type of specific substrate to form a substrate-activesite complex with each specific type of enzyme. This is due to their complementary shapes, as only one shape and he...