Physiology of the Kidney 



Figure 1, 



THIN SEGMENT 



FIGURE 1 



Diagrammatic representation of a human nephron. (From 



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may briefly review these principles in terms of a schematic 

 human nephron. (Figure 1). This nephron consists of a 

 glomerulus and a subjoined tubule, the latter being divided 

 into three major segments: a "proximal'' segment, which 



