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#Question id: 12219


When the dietary intake of K+ increases, body K+ balance is maintained by an increase in K+ excretion primarily by which of the following?

#Unit 7. System Physiology – Animal
  1. Decreased glomerular filtration of K+
  2. Decreased reabsorption of K+ by the proximal tubule
  3. Decreased reabsorption of K+ by the thick ascending limb of the loop of Henle
  4. Increased K+ secretion by the late distal and collecting tubules