nephrons

• Blood enter through renal arteries which are quite large, allowing kidneys to receive a large amount of blood from the heart
• Renal artery divide into arteries and arterioles, afferent arteriole forms knot of capillaries (glomerulus) which unite into efferent arterioles
• Efferent arterioles breaks up into peritubular capillaries which surround the nephron and into the renal vein taking blood out of the kidney
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  A) renal corpuscle

  B) glomerus

  C) glomerular capsule

  D) afferent arteriole

  E) efferent arteriole

  F) proximal convoluted rubule

  G) distal convoluted tubule

  H) peritubular capillaries

  I) collecting duct

  J) ascending limb

  K) loop of henle

  L) descending limb

  M) renal artery

  N) renal vein

  
• Responsible for removing wastes from blood and regulating blood composition