BIOLOGY 12TH ED (LL) W/ CONNECT
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A variety of organs and mechanisms have been evolved in the animals that allow them to cope up with the problems of water balance and excretion of nitrogenous waste. In many animals, removal of salts or water from the body is linked with the
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Ch. 49.1 - Prob. 1LOCh. 49.1 - Prob. 2LOCh. 49.2 - Identify the relative toxicity and solubility of...Ch. 49.3 - Prob. 1LOCh. 49.3 - Define reabsorption and secretion.Ch. 49.4 - Prob. 1LOCh. 49.4 - Explain the role of the loop of Henle in the...Ch. 49.5 - Prob. 1LOCh. 49.5 - Prob. 2LOCh. 49.5 - Prob. 3LO
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