The nurse is reviewing the chemical difference between plasma, glomerular filtrate, and urine with a group of nursing students. What does the nurse tell the students are the components included in glomerular filtrate?
1 . Blood cells
2 . Protein
3 . Glucose
4 . Urea
A) 1, 2
B) 1, 4
C) 2, 3
D) 3, 4
D
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Glomerular filtrate is similar to plasma, but it contains no blood cells and almost no protein. (Large protein molecules and RBCs are filtered out and cannot pass into the glomerulus.) Glomerular filtrate contains water, glucose, urea, creatinine, and numerous salts (electrolytes).
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