Nephrons

• What is the nephron?


  Part of the kidney involved in osmoregulation
• What is osmoregulation?


  The control of water potential of the blood
• What is the Bowmans capsule?


  The start of the nephron, with an inner layer made of podocytes
• What is the proximal convoluted tubule?


  Series of loops surrounded by capillaries
• What is the loop of Henle?


  Long loop extending from the cortex of the kidney into the medulla and back again
• What is the distal convoluted tubule?

  A series of loops surrounded by capillaries
• What is the collecting duct?


  A tube where the distal convoluted tubes empty
• What is the afferent arteriole?


  Supplies the nephron with blood
• What is the glomerulus?


  Branched knot of capillaries from which fluid is forced out of the blood
• What is the efferent arteriole?


  Blood vessel that leaves the Bowman’s capsule
• What do blook capillaries form?

  Renal vein
• What is the structure of the nephron?

  Glomerulus

  Bowmans capsule

  Proximal convoluted tube

  Loop of Henle

  Distal convoluted tube

  Collecting duct