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Glomerulus brings a large surface area of blood capillaries in close contact with Bowmans capsule Liquid filtered from blood under pressure (filtration) Glomerular filtrate produced containing: -water -glucose -salts -urea
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Filtration
Glomerular filtrate
(Protein molecules and red blood cells do not pass into tubule as they are TOO BIG!!!!)
Think
Which feature of the glomerulus helps the process of filtration? Which 4 components of unfiltered blood appear in the glomerular filtrate?
Why do blood cells and protein molecules not appear in the glomerular filtrate?
Key Words!!
Nephron: structure in the kidney that acts as a microscopic filtration unit
Glomerulus: dense mass of very fine blood capillaries at the nephron that act as a filter Bowmans capusle: cup-shaped part of the nephron that holds a glomerulus and collects the products of filtration from it
Glomerular filtrate: liquid removed from the blood by filtration in the kidney
If nothing more happened in the nephron then all the useful stuff would be lost in the urine! Therefore, glucose, water and some salts need to be reabsorbed!
-excess water
-unneeded salts -waste urea
Variable amounts of water and salts reabsorbed and filtrate gradually turning into urine
Think.
Which three components of the glomerular filtrate are reabsorbed? Why is it important for these to be reabsorbed?
The body uses negative feedback control to regulate water content of the blood
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