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State the reason for the high hydrostatic pressure in the glomerulus.

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The afferent arteriole entering the Bowman.s capsule is wider than the efferent arteriole which leaves it. So more blood is entering and less blood is moving out of the glomerulus which creates high hydrostatic pressure in the glomerulus.
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