Definition of Reabsorption. Meaning of Reabsorption. Synonyms of Reabsorption

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Definition of Reabsorption

Reabsorption
Reabsorption Re`ab*sorp"tion, n. The act or process of rearbsorbing.

Meaning of Reabsorption from wikipedia

- In renal physiology, reabsorption, more specifically tubular reabsorption, is the process by which the nephron removes water and solutes from the tubular...
- surrounded by capillaries. The major functions of these lining cells are the reabsorption of water and small molecules from the filtrate into the blood, and the...
- regulated (increased or decreased) whereas creatinine reabsorption remains the same (minimal reabsorption). Urea and creatinine are nitrogenous end products...
- In renal physiology, renal sodium reabsorption refers to the process by which the kidneys, having filtered out waste products from the blood to be excreted...
- causes the renal tubules to increase the reabsorption of sodium which in consequence causes the reabsorption of water into the blood, while at the same...
- Reuptake is the reabsorption of a neurotransmitter by a neurotransmitter transporter located along the plasma membrane of an axon terminal (i.e., the pre-synaptic...
- filtrate (the result of which is to convert blood to urine) are filtration, reabsorption, secretion and excretion. Filtration or ultrafiltration occurs in the...
- is the nephron. It processes the blood supplied to it via filtration, reabsorption, secretion and excretion; the consequence of those processes is the production...
- collecting duct parti****tes in electrolyte and fluid balance through reabsorption and excretion, processes regulated by the hormones aldosterone and vasopressin...
- Selective reabsorption is the process whereby certain molecules (e.g. ions, glucose and amino acids), after being filtered out of the capillaries along...