Discuss the glomerular filtration rate
What will be an ideal response?
The total force favoring filtration is the glomerular capillary blood pressure at 55 mm Hg. The total of the two forces opposing filtration is 45 mm Hg. The net difference favoring filtration (10 mm Hg of pressure) is called the net filtration pressure. The actual rate of filtration, the glomerular filtration rate (GFR), depends not only on the net filtration pressure, but also on how much glomerular surface area is available for penetration and how permeable the glomerular membrane is. Normally, about 20% of the plasma that enters the glomerulus is filtered at the net filtration pressure of 10 mm Hg, producing collectively through all glomeruli 180 liters of glomerular filtrate each day for an average GFR of 125 mL/min in males (160 L/day, 115 mL/min in females).
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