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In the kidney what structure that delivers blood to the glomerulus?
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The afferent arteriole.
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What is the structure that drains blood from the glomerulus in the kidney?
The efferent arteriole.
What is the glomerulus?
The glomerulus is a ball shaped structure in the kidney which is comprised of small vessels. The glomerulus filters blood in order to begin the process of urine formation.
Which part of the kidney filters blood?
The structure that filters the blood in the kidneys is the nephron, or more specifically the glomerulus.
The filtration of the blood in the kidney takes place in the?
Glomerulus
What Kidney structures that help to regulate blood pressure?
The glomerulus ...
Which organ filters urea out of the blood?
The glomerulus, it is part of the nephron.
What structures filter blood in a kidney?
Renal corpuscle
What is the structure of glomerulus?
The glomerulus is a cluster of capillaries that can be found in the kidney. Each cluster is next to a Bowman's capsule, which is the "filter unit" of the nephron. Blood passes from the renal artery into the glomerulus at high pressure, allowing small substances to diffuse into the nephron, via the Bowman's capsule.
What is the hollow cup-shaped structure that houses the glomerulus which filters blood?
The glomerulus is surrounded in the kidneys by a structure called 'the Bowman's capsule'. This is where the various substances from the blood pass into - a process called filtration.
What is meaning of glomerulus?
The bunch of looped capillary blood vessels in a Malpighian capsule of the kidney.
What is the tiny ball of capillaries in cortex of the kidney?
Glomerulus- tiny ball of capillaries(microscopic blood vessels) in the kidney.
Is the glomerulus thought of as the filter of the kidney since it forms a fluid called filtrate or ultrafiltrate from the blood?
true
