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Why are glomeruli considered as dialysis bags?

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Glomerulus are considered as dialysis bag because, in nephron glomerulus filters the blood by not absorbing unwanted salts and urea back ,also by dialysis machine filteration of blood is done but artificialy. Therefore,we can say that glomerulus is considered as dialysis bag.

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