Q: What is filtered and excreted in the nephron? What two mechanisms govern filtration in the glomerulus? What is the name of the first section of the nephron? What ions are removed from the blood?

Flexi Says: The nephron filters blood and excrete urine. Capillary hydrostatic pressure and Bowman's space oncotic pressure govern filtration in the glomerulus. The name of first section of nephron is renal corpuscle that includes Bowman's capsule and glomerulus. The excess of ions removed from the blood are sodium, potassium, magnesium, chloride and calcium.