By Mayo Clinic Staff. Common warts are caused by an infection with the human papillomavirus (HPV). More than 100 types of HPV exist, but only a few cause warts on your hands. Other types of HPV are more likely to cause warts on your feet and other areas of your skin and mucous membranes. Most types of HPV cause relatively harmless conditions such as common warts, while others may cause serious disease such as cancer of the cervix.
The rate at which the glomerulus produces filtrate from plasma (the glomerular filtration rate) is much higher than in systemic capillaries because of the particular anatomical characteristics of the glomerulus.
The glomerulus filters blood and produces glomerular filtrate. This filtrate contains water, glucose [glucose: A simple sugar made by the body from food, which is used by cells to make energy in respiration.] , salts and urea [urea: A nitrogenous waste product resulting from the breakdown of proteins. It is excreted in urine.] .