Abstract
Urine is initially an ultrafiltrate of the plasma. Ultrafiltration occurs from the glomerulus (a tuft of capillaries) into the Bowman’s capsule (the blind end of a nephron) - see Figure 3.1. In moving from the capillary into the Bowman’s capsule, the filtrate must traverse three layers.
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Lote, C. (2000). Glomerular filtration. In: Principles of Renal Physiology. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-4086-7_3
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