How does the nephron function?

Answer 1

Nephrons are tiny structures that remove wastes from blood and produce urine. The nephrons filter wastes tn stages. First, both wastes and needed material such as glucose, are filtered out of the blood. Then, much of the needed material is returned to the blood, and the wastes are eliminated from the body.

Answer 2

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a nephron is the basic functional and histological unit of the kidney, its composed of a renal corpuscle (bowmans capsule and glomerulus) proximal convuluted tubule, loop of henle, distal convoluted tubule. (in that order)

the DCT emptied into a collecting duct which carries urine from the cortex of the kidney toward the renal papilla.

the glomerulus is very permeable, it looks like a ball of yarn, and solutes are filtered across its wall into the bowmans capsule, which in turn drains to the PCT.

the bowmans walls are made of simple squamous tissue, very permable. It has window like openings called fenestrae, and also filtration slits.

at the PCT Na and others are removed by active transport, water passively filters. Filtrate volume is reduced.

at the DCT water exits, solutes enter

at the ascening LOH Na, Cl and K are transported out of the filtrate but water remains as its walls are impermeable to water.

Answer 3

The nephron capsule filters urea, water, glucose, and salts from the capillary, and sends them through the tubule. The tubule re absorbs water and glucose back into the blood, and carries what is left over (urine, a mixture of urea, water, and salts) to the ureter.

Answer 4

The nephron is the functional unit of the kidney responsible for filtering blood and producing urine. It filters waste and excess substances from the blood, reabsorbs essential molecules and water back into the bloodstream, and helps maintain the body's fluid and electrolyte balance. The nephron consists of a glomerulus, proximal tubule, loop of Henle, distal tubule, and collecting duct.

Answer 5

The nephron is the basic unit of the kidney - used to filter wastes from the bloodstream (especially nitrogen groups, in the form of urea, which have been cleaved from amino acids).

Answer 6

the process in which the nephrons help the kidneys through a 2 staged process for urine to be passed through the Urethra.

Answer 7

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