Read the following statements.
(i) Loop of Henle and vasa recta play a significant role in the production of concentrated urine.
(ii) Both loop of Henle and vasa recta are formed by blood capillaries.
(iii) Filtrate gets diluted in descending limb and concentrated in ascending limb of loop of Henle.
(iv) Actual urine is four times concentrate to the concentration of blood.
In the above, the correct statements are

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(i) and (ii)

(ii) and (iv)

(ii) and (iii)

(i) and (iv)

answer is C.

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Detailed Solution

Vasa recta is a blood capillary, but loop of Henle is a region of nephron (the structural and functional unit of kidney).

Filtrate gets concentrated in descending limb and is diluted in the ascending limb of loop of Henle.

Urine is maximally four times concentrated than the blood.

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