what roles do Malphigan body during urine formation

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Maphigian corpuscles are the major filtering units of the nephrons consisting of glomerulus and bowman's capsule. The major function of malphigian corpuscle is to filter the blood to for initial urine filtrate.  

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  1. It prevents filtration of blood cells, plasma proteins and large fat molecules as the pores are 10 to 1000 times more permeable to water and small molecules than other capillaries.
  2. Ultrafiltration takes place in malphigan body.
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