ANATOMY

GENERAL ANATOMY

URINARY SYSTEM

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The blood comes in through the renal artery to the ____ arteriole to the glomerulus.
A
efferent
B
afferent
C
peritubular
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Final answer: Blood enters the glomerulus through its afferent arteriole and leaves the glomerulus through its efferent arteriole .

Detailed explanation-2: -Blood flows into your kidney through the renal artery. This large blood vessel branches into smaller and smaller blood vessels until the blood reaches the nephrons. In the nephron, your blood is filtered by the tiny blood vessels of the glomeruli and then flows out of your kidney through the renal vein.

Detailed explanation-3: -The pathway of blood through glomerulus is as follows: Renal artery ⇢ Afferent arteriole ⇢ Glomerulus ⇢ Efferent arteriole ⇢ Renal vein. Thus, kidneys receive blood from the renal artery that divides to form glomerulus. In this glomerulus, blood enters through afferent arteriole and leaves through efferent arteriole.

Detailed explanation-4: -Blood enters the glomerulus through the afferent arteriole at the vascular pole, undergoes filtration in the glomerular capillaries, and exits the glomerulus through the efferent arteriole at the vascular pole.

Detailed explanation-5: -So, the correct sequence is “Renal artery, Afferent arteriole, Glomerulus, Efferent arteriole, Renal vein".

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