GENERAL HISTOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -In renal physiology, ultrafiltration occurs at the barrier between the blood and the filtrate in the glomerular capsule (Bowman’s capsule) in the kidneys.

Detailed explanation-2: -Ultrafiltration takes place in glomerulus of the Bowman’s capsule inside the kidney.

Detailed explanation-3: -The process of ultrafiltration occurs in the nephrons of the kidneys. The process can be described as follows: Blood flows through the glomerulus that is surrounded by the Bowman’s capsule. The hydrostatic pressure forces the small molecules to leave the glomerulus and enter in the Bowman’s capsule.

Detailed explanation-4: -The high hydrostatic pressure forces passes small molecules, such as water, glucose, amino acids, sodium chloride and urea through the filter, from the blood in the glomerular capsule across the basement membrane of the Bowman’s capsule. This process is called as ultrafiltration.

Detailed explanation-5: -Ultrafiltration is the removal of fluid from a patient and is one of the functions of the kidneys that dialysis treatment replaces. Ultrafiltration occurs when fluid passes across a semipermeable membrane (a membrane that allows some substances to pass through but not others) due to a driving pressure.