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- It contains all plasma components except protein.
- It loses water, nutrients, and essential ions to become urine.
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What should not be found in the glomerular filtrate?
red and white blood cells
What is the liquid that pass through the filtering funnel?
Filtrate. the ones trapped by the filter paper is called the residue
Why are useful molecules like glucose and other nutrients found in the filtrate along with urea and other wastes?
because glucose and other nutrients are small to filtrate through the filtration membrane and glucose is essential to be in the filtration membrane.
Where is the site of the filtrate formation?
Glomerulus is the filter that makes the filtrate.
How Collect the filtrate?
Filtrate is collected in a recipient placed under the funnel or filtration apparatus.
The materials that are filtered from the blood are called what?
It is called Filtrate
What materials remain in the blood after the filtrate has been removed?
the flibia
How does Tubular re-absorption and tubular secretion differ?
secretion adds material to the filtrate; reabsorption removes materials from the filtrate
What are two substances that are found in the filtrate but not in the urine?
Ions and nutrients
Materials are returned to the blood from the filtrate by which of the following processes?
selective reabsorption
Which part of nephron is a network of capillaries whose job is to reclaim useful materials from the filtrate?
peritubular capillaries
What would be found in the glomerular filtrate if the glomerular membrane were damaged?
protein
What would only be found in the glomerular filtrate if the glomerular membrane were damaged?
Protein
What are two substances that are routinely found in filtrate but not in the urine product?
Ions and nutrients
Glucose is found in glomerular filtrate but NOT in the urine because?
glucose is transported back into the bloodstream
List two substances that are routinely found in filtrate but not in urine product?
ions and nutrients
What items found in the blood cannot move into the filtrate?
Formed elements such as blood cells and proteins.
