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what’s ultrafiltration?
filtration of the blood which takes place in the glomerulus
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where does blood arrive and through what?
Arrives at the glomerulus
through the afferent arteriole
through the afferent arteriole
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what’s the glomerulus?
capillary bed found within the bowman’s capsule of the nephron
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where does blood leave the glomerulus?
through the efferent arteriole
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difference between afferent and efferent arteriole
afferant has a wider lumen, allowing hydrostatic pressure to build in the glomerulus
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the fluid passes through holes in what?
* capillary endothelium
* basement membrane
* epithelium of bowmans capsule
* basement membrane
* epithelium of bowmans capsule
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after the fluid passes through the barrier what’s is called now?
filtrate
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what molecules can pass through the barriers
* gluocse
* amino acids
* urea
* ions hormones
* amino acids
* urea
* ions hormones
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what molecules can’t pass the barriers and why?
* red blood cells
* plasma proteins
* large size
* plasma proteins
* large size
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