They absorb solutes and water from the tubule cells after these substances are reabsorbed from the filtrate. The vasa recta arise from the efferent arterioles draining the juxtamedullary glomeruli. (vas= vessa; recta = straight) The vasa recta are part of the kidney's urine-concentrating mechanism.
Other Mexican-American authors of this era do not really fit under the label of Chicano literature. Rolando Hinojosa Smith (Mercedes, Texas, 1929) is an experimental writer whose work has been compared to William Faulknerâs. In 1976 he won the prestigious Casa de las Americas AmÃ©ricas prize for his Novel Klail. city
Marta Cotera served as a Chicana feminist icon to the current generation of Chicana feminists, activists, and scholars. Since the 1960s, she was active both in the Chicano movement, and in documenting the role of women within the movement. She is best known for her book, Sol y Hembra, one of the first and best histories of Mexican American women and their contributions to civil rights and Chicana/o history.