Selective reabsorption
What Selective reabsorption means in Biology GCSE, as defined for AQA.
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The process that returns useful substances to the blood, including all of the glucose, some ions and some water, while urea and excess ions and water remain to form urine.
Reabsorption returns useful substances such as glucose and some water and ions to the blood, while excess water, ions and urea remain in the forming urine.
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