State if the following statements are true or false.

Glomerular filtrate consists of many substances such as water, salts, glucose and white blood corpuscles.
A. True
B. False

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Solution

The correct answer is False.
Ultrafiltration takes place in the glomerulus. The glomerular filtrate consists of water, salts, glucose, urea, and other plasma solutes but the blood does not contain white blood corpuscles or any other large molecules.

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