Hemidesmosomes are integrin-containing anchoring junctions that attach cells to elements of the underlying extracellular matrix.

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The proximal tubule is an important site for secretion of organic acids and bases such as bile salts, oxalate, urate, and catecholamines.

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Thin descending and thin ascending segments, have thin epithelial membranes with no brush borders, few mitochondria, & minimal levels of metabolic activity.

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Descending part of the thin segment is highly permeable to water and moderately permeable to most

Solutes (urea and sodium).

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In the Descending part of the thin segment 

About 20 percent of the filtered water is reabsorbed

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The ascending limb, both the thin & the thick segments

is virtually impermeable to water, a characteristic that is important for concentrating the urine.

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The thin segment of the ascending limb has a much lower reabsorptive capacity than does the thick segment.