The chief force pushing water and solutes out of the blood across the filtration membrane is ________
A) the ionic electrochemical gradient
B) glomerular hydrostatic pressure (glomerular blood pressure)
C) protein-regulated diffusion
D) the size of the pores in the basement membrane of the capillaries
B
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