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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 Fig. 3.1. In moving from the capillary into the Bowman’s capsule, the filtrate must traverse three layers. These are:
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Lote, C.J. (2012). Glomerular Filtration. In: Principles of Renal Physiology. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-3785-7_3
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