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OCR: COILED PART THE EPHRON "HE COI ED PART otthe nephron lies in the outer layer of the kidney or cortex Its main function IS to reabsorb water salt glucose, and other useful substances from the fluid that the kidney has filtered from the blood. The coiled part of the nephron reabsorbs 6. per cent of this fluid back into the bloods stream at an even rate The kidneys filter blood constantly remo ving W aste fluid. which eventually concentrated into litres (21/2 pints) of urine every day. othe