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Essay Galaxy - Excretion and Elimination of Toxicants and their Metabolites
Excretion and Elimination of Toxicants and their Metabolites
The first topic that was covered by this chapter was the excretion of wastes
by the Renal system. The first step that occurs in the kidney deals with the
nephron, which is the functional unit of the kidney. In the glomerulus the
formation of urine begins with the passive filtration of plasma through the
pores that are found in the glomerulus. The plasma is forced through these pores
by hydrostatic pressure. The only things that determines if a molecule will pass
through the pores of the glomerulus is it's molecular weight. The lower the
molecular weight, the easier it will pass through the pores. Another
determining factor will be if a molecule is bound to a large molecule. If this
is true then passage through the pores will be hinder....
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