Volume of filtrate formed per day by nephrons in kidney is around 180 liters, but urine released out of the body daily is 1.5 liters only. Why?
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This means that about 180 liters of fluid are filtered by the kidneys every day. Thus, the entire plasma volume (about 3 liters) is filtered 60 times a day! Filtration is primarily driven by hydraulic pressure (blood pressure) in the capillaries of the glomerulus.
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