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filtration fraction

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the fraction of the plasma entering the kidney that filters into the lumen of the renal tubules, determined by dividing the glomerular filtration rate by the renal plasma flow; normally, it is around 0.17.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 






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