Urinary Topic3&4 Morgan

Functional unit of the kidney

Consists of the glomerulus, and a glomerular capsule that encloses it

Duct that leads away from the glomerular capsule and ends at the tip of the medullary pyramid

Supplies blood to each of the nephrons

Carries blood away from the glomerulus

Ball of capillaries

Encloses the glomerulus in a sphere like shape

Aka glomerular capsule

Arises from the glomerular capsule, longest region of the renal tubule

U shaped portion of the renal tubule, found primarily in the medulla

Very short section of the renal tubule, end of the nephron

Receives fluid from the DCT of several nephrons

Network of vessels that send blood to the renal medulla

Network of capillaries that form around the renal tubule

Constrict/dilate afferent arterioles, also respond to drops in blood pressure

Epithelial cells that are located at the end of the loop on the side facing the arterioles

Responsible for the reabsorption of sodium chloride

End of the nephron loop where it reenters the renal cortex, the loop comes into contact with both afferent and efferent arterioles at the vascular pole of the renal corpuscle