Performs the first step of filtering the blood to form urine.
filtration of blood
filtration of blood
It carries water and minerals which are filtered out from the blood through glomerulus.
Glomerulus in the bow man's capsule
the glomerulus
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.
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.
The glomerulus
Bowman's capsule and glomerulus (capillary tuft).
Blood enters the glomerulus through the afferent arteriole and drains through the efferent arteriole.
The Bowman's capsule surrounds the glomerulus, and the glomerulus filtrate enters the top of the nephron.
Glomerulus is accented on the second syllable.