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Page 37
... filtrate is the absence from the latter of molecules above a certain borderline size . Since the capsular filtrate is a true ultrafiltrate , a rise in arterial pressure increases its volume and a rise in ureteric back pressure decreases ...
... filtrate is the absence from the latter of molecules above a certain borderline size . Since the capsular filtrate is a true ultrafiltrate , a rise in arterial pressure increases its volume and a rise in ureteric back pressure decreases ...
Page 38
... filtrate . It is also clear that the composition of the fluid reabsorbed within the proximal tubule must be similar to filtrate , but not identical with it . It has less urea and sulfate and no creatinine , for these are wastes . As the ...
... filtrate . It is also clear that the composition of the fluid reabsorbed within the proximal tubule must be similar to filtrate , but not identical with it . It has less urea and sulfate and no creatinine , for these are wastes . As the ...
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... filtrate and plasma , but it is so altered in the loop of Henle that it arrives diluted at the distal tubule . The formation of a dilute urine is a function of the distal tubule , this part of the nephron being normally rather ...
... filtrate and plasma , but it is so altered in the loop of Henle that it arrives diluted at the distal tubule . The formation of a dilute urine is a function of the distal tubule , this part of the nephron being normally rather ...
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would become the principal reserve asset while gold | 36 |
Excretion the elimination of the waste products of | 50 |
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