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What is the function glomerulus?

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Updated: 8/18/2019

Performs the first step of filtering the blood to form urine.

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What is the main function of the glomerulus in urine formation (Glomerulus is one of the four main structures of the nephron)?

filtration of blood


What is the main function of the glomerulus in urine formation (Glomerulus is one of the four main structures of the nephron)?

filtration of blood


What is the bowman's capsule function?

It carries water and minerals which are filtered out from the blood through glomerulus.


What is a specialized capillary bed designed to function as a mechanical filter Answer?

Glomerulus in the bow man's capsule


What is surrounded by the Bowman's Capsule?

the glomerulus


What is the function of the glomerulus and the bowmans capsule?

The glomerulus and bowmans capsule are part of the excretory system, and they are found in the nephron of a kidney. The function of the glomerulus and the bowman's capsule is to filter the substances in the blood. The glomerulus is a tangle of capillaries which have little slits in them. Water, salts, glucose and urea pass through the slits into the bowmans capsule, which leads to kidney tubules. Then, as the kidney tubules are surrounded by capillaries, the useful substances (all glucose, some salts, most water) are re-absorbed, and only urea and some salts carry on to be excreted.


What is the function of the glomerulus and the bowman's capsule?

The glomerulus and bowmans capsule are part of the excretory system, and they are found in the nephron of a kidney. The function of the glomerulus and the bowman's capsule is to filter the substances in the blood. The glomerulus is a tangle of capillaries which have little slits in them. Water, salts, glucose and urea pass through the slits into the bowmans capsule, which leads to kidney tubules. Then, as the kidney tubules are surrounded by capillaries, the useful substances (all glucose, some salts, most water) are re-absorbed, and only urea and some salts carry on to be excreted.


What is the Clump of capillaries in the kidney?

The glomerulus


The renal corpuscle includes which parts of the nephron?

Bowman's capsule and glomerulus (capillary tuft).


What feeds the glomerulus and what drains the glomerulus?

Blood enters the glomerulus through the afferent arteriole and drains through the efferent arteriole.


Which section of the tubule is connected to the glomerulus?

The Bowman's capsule surrounds the glomerulus, and the glomerulus filtrate enters the top of the nephron.


Which is a primary accented syllable in glomerulus?

Glomerulus is accented on the second syllable.