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.
â¢The glomerular (Bowmanâs) capsule has filtration slits to allow the. filtrate from the glomerular capillaries to pass through into the. tubules. â¢Water and dissolved solutes (glucose, urea, salts, uric acid etc.) pass from the blood plasma through the pores in the capillary. walls, through the filtration slits in the Bowmanâs capsule and then. into the nephron tubule. â¢Red and white blood cells, platelets and proteins are too large to.