The chief force pushing water and solutes out of the blood across the filtration membrane is: A glomerular hydrostatic pressure (glomerular blood pressure) B the design and size of the podocytes C the size of the pores in the basement membrane of the capillaries D the thickness of the capillary endothelium
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