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Why is it important that the blood vessels of the glomerulus are capillaries?
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What is the tiny ball of capillaries in cortex of the kidney?
Glomerulus- tiny ball of capillaries(microscopic blood vessels) in the kidney.
What are blood vessels called that surround the nephron loop?
Renal capillaries, aka the glomerulus, where nitrogenous wastes and excess water in the blood plasma diffuse over to the nephron to be filtered and excreted.
The smallest and most numerous blood vessels in the human body?
The smallest blood vessels are the capillaries.
What are a tangled cluster of blood capillaries?
Glomerulus
What is a network of blood capillaries tucked into bowman's capsule called?
The glomerulus is the cluster of capillaries surrounded by Bowman's capsule.
Which arteriole supplies blood to the capillary of the glomerulus?
The afferent arteriole supplies blood to the capillaries in the glomerulus of the kidneys. The efferent arteriole takes the blood away from the glomerulus.
Are capillaries muscles or nerves a blood vessels?
Capillaries are the smallest blood vessels.
The cluster of blood capillaries found in each nephron is?
Glomerulus
Tuft of capillaries carrying high pressure blood?
glomerulus
Is it true that capillaries are the largest blood vessels?
No. There are three types of blood vessels. They are the arteries, veins, and capillaries. Arteries are the largest of the blood vessels. Then comes the veins and the smallest are the capillaries.
What causes filtrate to flow from the blood into the glomerulus?
Is increase in blood pressure in the capillaries
What are arterioles and what are capillaries?
Arteioles are blood vessels that connect arteries and capillaries. Capillaries are blood vessels that connect arterioles and venules
