ANATOMY

Detailed explanation-1: -The glomerulus, on the other hand, is sandwiched between two arterioles-afferent arterioles deliver blood to the glomerulus, while efferent arterioles carry it away.

Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -Afferent arterioles branch off which ultimately leads into the glomerulus of Bowman’s capsule. From here, efferent arterioles begin to form the venous system and subdivide into another set of capillaries known as the peritubular capillaries. Blood then leaves the kidney and enters the venous circulation.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Juxtaglomerular Apparatus. An important anatomical feature is where the thick ascending limb of the loop of Henle passes between the afferent and efferent arterioles of that glomerulus from which it arises and becomes the distal tubule, which is termed the juxtaglomerular apparatus (Hackenthal et al., 1990).

Detailed explanation-5: -The blood travels from the aorta in the heart to the renal arteries in each of the kidneys. The renal artery branches into smaller arteries called the afferent arterioles. The blood travels from the afferent arterioles to the glomerulus, located in the nephron.