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What is the glomerulus, and what happens here? How isthe glomerulus, the afferent arteriole, the efferent arteriole, andthe peritubular capillaries associated with thenephron?

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GLOMERULUS Glomerulus is a cup shaped structurewhich is a small interwined group of capillarieslocated in the begining of nephron Glomerular capillaries are interposed with afferent arteriole on one side and efferent arteriole on the other sideFirst stage of filtration process of blood takes place hereit filters plasma brought by afferent arteriole in glomeurular filtrate Afferent arteriole brings the blood to be filtered into the GLOMERULUS and efferent arteriole takes the filtered blood from GLOMERULUS GLOMERULUS is    See Answer
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