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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.

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A cup-like structure that encases the glomerulus is?

bowmans capsule


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.


In the nephron where does glomerular filtration take place?

Glomerulus (Renal Corpuscle)


Why does a rattlesnake bite cause blood to appear in the urine?

Rattlesnake venom breaks down the walls of glomerulus. The glomerulus is part of the nephron which is located in tour kidneys. The glomerulus filters your blood and the un needed material gets sent to the bowmans capsule in the nephron. The the gunk from the bowmans capsule makes its way into the urine. So when a rattlesnake bites you the blood goes right into you bowmans capsule making its way into the urine.


What is the cup-shaped closed end of the renal tubule that surrounds the glomerulus?

bowmans capsulebowmans capsule


What is the C-shaped structure surrounding the glomerulus that acts as a filter in the formation of urine?

Bowmans capsule


What C-shaped structure in the nephron surrounds the glomerulus?

Bowman's Capsule


Do blood cells pass from the glomerulus to Bowmans capsule?

Blood cells do not normally pass from the glomerulus, which is a cluster of capillaries in the kidney, to Bowman's capsule, the structure surrounding the glomerulus. The capillaries in the glomerulus are lined with specialized cells that prevent the passage of blood cells into the urine-forming structures such as Bowman's capsule.


What would happen to net filtration pressure at the glomerulus if proteins began to leak from the glomerular capillaries into Bowmans capsule?

Are you in C34?


The renal corpuscle includes which parts of the nephron?

Bowman's capsule and glomerulus (capillary tuft).


What are the parts of a nephron in order?

The parts of a nephron in order are the renal corpuscle (glomerulus and Bowman's capsule), proximal convoluted tubule, loop of Henle (descending and ascending limbs), distal convoluted tubule, and collecting duct.


What is renal corpuscle made of?

The kidney.vasa recta