45.Glomerular filtration rate in a healthy individual is approximately A. 100 ml/min, i.e., 180 liters per day. B. 125 ml/min, i.e., 180 liters per day. C. 120 ml/min, i.e., 100 liters per day. D. 130 ml/min, i.e., 120 liters per day.

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Muskan Anand

2 years ago

Option B. In a healthy person the GFR is about 125 ml/min which makes it 7.5 liters per hour and 180 liters per day. Of the 180 liters of filtrate formed per day only 1.5 liters is passed through the urethra as urine, rest of it is reabsorbed by the the tubules of nephron. 

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