Nurturing Life Sciences
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#Unit 7. System Physiology – Animal
The endothelium of the glomerular capillaries is completely surrounded by the glomerular basement membrane along with specialized cells called podocytes.
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Podocytes have numerous pseudopodia that interdigitate to form filtration slits along the capillary wall.
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Mesangial cells are contractile and play a role in the regulation of glomerular filtration.
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Endothelium & epithelial cells, effectively prevents filtration of plasma proteins, because of strong negative electrical charges (associated with the proteoglycans).