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State if the following statements are true or false.

The blood flows through glomerulus under great pressure.
A. True
B. False

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Solution

The correct answer is True.
The blood flows through the glomerulus under great pressure which is much greater than capillaries elsewhere. The reason for this greater pressure is that the efferent(outgoing) arteriole is narrower than the afferent(incoming) arterioles.

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