Countercurrent multiplier (Kuhn-Stephenson)

Layer 3 — Biologyin the Renal And Gi Physiology subtree

Kuhn 1942 / Stephenson 1972: loop-of-Henle multiplies single-step transverse osmotic gradient into axial cortico-medullary gradient ~1200 mOsm/kg via active NaCl transport in thick ascending limb. Modelled as coupled ODEs for tubular flow…

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