ultrafiltration

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what is ultrafiltration

  • fluid filtering from blood into bowmans capsule at high pressure.


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Why is fluid filteree?

  • efferent arteriole has narrower lumen creating high pressure in glomerulus.

  • hydrostatic pressure forces fluid out.


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what is filtered into bowmans capsule

  • small molecules such as glucose/ions.

  • NO PROTEINS: too big.


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fenestrations

  • pores that allow fluid to pass into bowmans capsule.


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basement membrane

  • made of collagen + glycoproteins.

  • act as a filter - large molecules stay in glomerulus.


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podocytes

  • capsule cell walls - shape helps create a gap between capsule cells and endothelium of kidney