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The human kidney

A

Concentrates the urine by actively transporting water out of the filtrate

B

Produces more dilute urine when the collecting ducts become less permeable to water.

C

Responds to antidiuretic hormone by increasing urine output.

D

Gets ride of urea from the body by secreting it into the descending arm of the loop of Henle.

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