The glomerulus is found in the kidneys. It is a cluster of tiny blood vessels where blood is filtered to form urine.
Inside the glomerulus, you would find a network of capillaries where blood is filtered to form urine. Podocytes, specialized cells that wrap around the capillaries, help regulate the filtration process by preventing large molecules like proteins from passing through.
Bowman's capsule and glomerulus (capillary tuft).
No, protein concentration in the blood would not increase if the glomerulus becomes constricted. The glomerulus is responsible for filtering the blood to form urine, and a constriction would reduce the filtration rate. This might lead to decreased urine output and retention of substances normally excreted in urine, but it would not directly affect the protein concentration in the blood.
Constricting the afferent arteriole would decrease blood flow into the glomerulus, leading to a decrease in pressure within the glomerulus. This may result in a decrease in glomerular filtration rate and a reduction in the formation of urine.
Filtration occurs at the glomerulus, which is the initial part of the nephron where blood is filtered to form the filtrate that will eventually become urine.
Inside the glomerulus, you would find a network of capillaries where blood is filtered to form urine. Podocytes, specialized cells that wrap around the capillaries, help regulate the filtration process by preventing large molecules like proteins from passing through.
the glomerulus
Efferent arteriole
efferent arteriole
The glomerulus
Bowman's capsule and glomerulus (capillary tuft).
Constricting the afferent arteriole would decrease blood flow into the glomerulus, leading to a decrease in pressure within the glomerulus. This may result in a decrease in glomerular filtration rate and a reduction in the formation of urine.
No, protein concentration in the blood would not increase if the glomerulus becomes constricted. The glomerulus is responsible for filtering the blood to form urine, and a constriction would reduce the filtration rate. This might lead to decreased urine output and retention of substances normally excreted in urine, but it would not directly affect the protein concentration in the blood.
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.
glomeruli
Glomerulus is accented on the second syllable.