Glucose is not normally found in the urine because
A) It does not get filtered out of glomerulus.
B) It is not found in the blood.
C) It is usually reabsorbed by renal tubule cells.
D) It is kept in the blood.
E) None of these.

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Glucose is normally reabsorbed by the renal tubule cells and returned to the bloodstream. Only when blood glucose levels are high enough to exceed the transport maximum of these cells will glucose begin to appear in the urine.

Glucose Is Not Normally Found in the Urine Because