The chief force pushing water and solutes out of the blood across the filtration membrane is .

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Glomerular hydrostatic pressure (glomerular blood pressure) is the chief force pushing water and solutes out of the blood across the filtration membrane. It is the pressure generated by the contraction of the heart that drives blood through the glomerulus and into the Bowman's capsule for filtration. The other options, such as the size of the pores in the basement membrane, thickness of the capillary endothelium, and design and size of the podocytes, do play a role in filtration, but they are not the primary force driving filtration.

The Chief Force Pushing Water and Solutes Out of the Blood