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
Dolores Huerta, a civil rights advocate and labor leader who fought for farmworkers rights alongside CÃ©sar Chavez, will be honored with one of the nation's highest civilian honor -- the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Huerta told The Daily Beast that news of the honor came as a surprise to her. âI was humbled, thrilled, and surprised,â she said.