What is true about the renal processes for making urine?
A) Filtration occurs only in the glomerular capsule.
B) Reabsorption occurs only in the proximal convoluted tubule.
C) Filtration occurs only in the glomerular capsule, reabsorption occurs only in the proximal convoluted tubule, and secretion occurs only in the proximal convoluted tubule.
D) Secretion occurs only in the proximal convoluted tubule.

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Filtration indeed occurs only in the glomerular capsule, where blood plasma is filtered into the renal tubule. Reabsorption and secretion, however, occur along different parts of the nephron, not just the proximal convoluted tubule.

What Is True About the Renal Processes for Making Urine