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Reviewing the kaplan book, they talk about how hydrostatic is higher in glomerulus but is opposed by oncotic pressure. Hydrostatic pressure wins out and net flow of fluid into forming the filtrate.
So they say the opposing oncotic pressure is due to the higher osmolarity of the blood compared to that of Bowman's space. Then the next paragraph they seem to directly contradict this and say that filtrate is isotonic to blood.
What am I missing here? How does it go from hypotonic to isotonic?
So they say the opposing oncotic pressure is due to the higher osmolarity of the blood compared to that of Bowman's space. Then the next paragraph they seem to directly contradict this and say that filtrate is isotonic to blood.
What am I missing here? How does it go from hypotonic to isotonic?