PCT of the nephron

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is where maximum percentage of electrolytes are reabsorbed.

is made of cuboidal epithelium without brush border.

is where conditional reabsorption of water takes place.

forms JGA along with afferent arteriole at the contact point.

answer is D.

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Nearly all of the essential nutrients, and 70-80 per cent of electrolytes and water are reabsorbed by PCT.

PCT is lined by simple cuboidal brush border epithelium which increases the surface area for reabsorption.

Conditional reabsorption of Na⁺ and water takes place in DCT.

JGA is a special sensitive region formed by cellular modifications in the DCT and the afferent arteriole at the location of their contact.

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