In a person with normal acid-base balance, there are no bicarbonate ions in urine because
A) they are consumed by neutralizing H+.
B) they are reabsorbed by the renal tubule cells.
C) they are exchanged for CO₂.
D) they are exchanged for Cl-.
E) they rapidly diffuse into the renal tubule cells.
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