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Assertion (A) : The decending limb of Henle's loop is permeable to water.
Reason (R) : Aquaporins are the facilitators for water permeability..

A

(A) and (R) are wrong

B

(R) does not explain (A)

C

(R) is correct and explains (A)

D

(A) is right (R) is wrong

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