What is the difference between ultrafiltration and reabsorption?
Ultrafiltration pushes water and small solutes out of the blood in the glomerulus; reabsorption takes back the useful ones in the tubule.
Ultrafiltration pushes water and small solutes out of the blood in the glomerulus; reabsorption takes back the useful ones in the tubule. A reliable way to keep them apart is to focus on what each one is defined by, not just the similar-sounding words.
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ultrafiltration vs reabsorption
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