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BiologyExcretory Products and their EliminationHuman Excretory SystemEasy2 minPYQ_2026
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In human kidney, a branch of efferent arteriole forms a loop-shaped vasa recta around ____.

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Answer:
C
Solution:

The efferent arteriole emerging from the glomerulus forms a fine capillary network around the renal tubule called the peritubular capillaries. A minute vessel of this network runs parallel to the Henle's loop forming a 'U' shaped vasa recta. Vasa recta is highly reduced or absent in cortical nephrons, but well developed in juxtamedullary nephrons.

Answer: Henle's loop of nephrons

Stream:MHT_CET_MEDICALSubject:BiologyTopic:Excretory Products and their EliminationSubtopic:Human Excretory System
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