2.73 Glucose Re-absorption

Key Points:
1. Selective reabsorption means the molecule is selected, and is reabsorbed from the glomerula filtrate back into the blood.
2. The filtration occurs in the Bowmans Capsule. In the formation of the fluid, high pressure, glucose is in the plasma which is then known as the filtrate.
3. Water is removed back into the blood via the collecting duct. At the end of the nephron is the urine, and normally urine doesn't contain glucose. If glucose is present in the urine, then that is a condition known as diabetes.
4. Glucose is in the filtrate at the proximal convoluted tubule, and then it is removed and is taken back into blood. Glucose is selectively reabsorbed into the blood via the proximal convoluted tubule.