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A20 liters made, 10 excreted
B200 liters made, under two excreted
C2 liters made, all of it excreted
D500 liters made, 50 excreted
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. 200 liters made, under two excreted
1. The glomeruli create about 200 liters of filtrate every day.
2. Yet you excrete less than two liters of waste as urine.
3. The difference is recovered by the tubules and returned to the circulation.
_Source: OpenStax Anatomy and Physiology (CC BY 4.0), Ch 25 "The Urinary System", section Nephrons and Vessels_
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