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The filtration of wastes takes place in the functional units of the kidney called nephrons. Specifically, it occurs in the glomerulus, which is a network of tiny blood vessels called capillaries. Blood is filtered through the glomerulus, allowing waste products and excess water to be removed and eventually excreted as urine.
Filtrate is collected in a recipient placed under the funnel or filtration apparatus.
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It is called the filtrate.
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The cluster of capillaries that in the kidney where filtration occurs is called the glomerulus.
The filtration of wastes takes place in the functional units of the kidney called nephrons. Specifically, it occurs in the glomerulus, which is a network of tiny blood vessels called capillaries. Blood is filtered through the glomerulus, allowing waste products and excess water to be removed and eventually excreted as urine.
The blood pressure in these capillaries is relatively high, so pressure filtration occurs. The blood's plasma and small waste materials and chemicals (the contents of the closet) are pushed out of the blood into the nephron, leaving behind larger proteins, nutrients, and blood cells.
It increases the volume of blood at filtration site , increases the filtration gradient, and increases time of contact of blood with filtration site.
If the filtration slits of the filtration membrane are normal, then RBCs are not pushed out into the filtrate
The kidney removes impurities from the blood in two ways. These processes are known as ultra filtration and selective reabsorption. The active component of the kidney involved with filtration is the nephron.
a filtrate fluid that oozes from the glomerulus and is collected by the Bowman's capsule.
Filtrate is collected in a recipient placed under the funnel or filtration apparatus.
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