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. 2009 Dec 30;298(4):F962–F972. doi: 10.1152/ajprenal.00250.2009

Table 3.

Simulation 2: CD inflow conditions and resulting urine flow and content

Urine
CD Inflow*
Flow rate
Stage Na+, mM Urea, mM Osmolality, mosmol/kgH2O nl/min ml/day Total osmolality, mosmol/kgH2O Na+, mM Urea, mM NaCl+Urea, mosmol/kgH2O
1 11.99 735.6 772.8 0.151 16.5 1,467 41.40 1,300 1,337
2 51.78 675.1 788.1 0.119 13.0 1,609 76.96 1,339 1,440
3 93.10 611.8 803.4 0.114 12.5 1,641 144.4 1,226 1,455
4 139.8 560.8 841.6 0.108 11.8 1,729 247.3 1,081 1,504
5 206.8 546.2 956.4 0.118 12.9 1,719 314.8 951.8 1,502
6 275.2 491.6 1,032.9 0.130 14.2 1,611 382.4 737.1 1,419
7 339.1 407.8 1,071.1 0.112 12.3 1,508 414.7 552.2 1,299
8 406.9 316.8 1,109.4 0.112 12.3 1,399 447.1 393.6 1,204
9 478.5 218.5 1,147.7 0.103 11.3 1,305 476.6 242.9 1,113
10 464.6 9.468 994.6 0.119 13.0 1,043 413.8 132.0 889.4
11 395.8 0.0 765.1 0.148 16.2 732.2 333.6 11.3 624.8
*

At each stage, NR solute is present in CD inflow at a concentration of 20 mM multiplied by the percentage osmolality increase indicated in Table 2.

Urine flow rate is given in nl·min−1·nephron−1 and in ml·day−1·animal−1.