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Explain the net glomerular filtration pressure in termsof the three underlying pressures that lead to it. Does the netfiltration pressure force fluid into or out of the glomerularcapillaries?

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Net filtration pressure NFP glomerular blood hydrostatic pressure GBHP capsular hydrostatic pressure CHP blood colloid osmotic pressure BCOP GFR is influenced by the hydrostatic pressure and colloid osmotic pressure on either side of the capillary membrane of the glomerulus Hydrostatic pressure is the pressure produced by a fluid against a surface If you have a fluid on both sides of a barrier both fluids exert a pressure in opposing directions Net fluid movement will be in the direction of the lower pressure    See Answer
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