ANATOMY

Detailed explanation-1: -The glomerulus filters your blood As blood flows into each nephron, it enters a cluster of tiny blood vessels-the glomerulus. The thin walls of the glomerulus allow smaller molecules, wastes, and fluid-mostly water-to pass into the tubule. Larger molecules, such as proteins and blood cells, stay in the blood vessel.

Detailed explanation-2: -The glomerulus is the filtering unit of the kidney and is composed of a network of capillaries and highly differentiated epithelial cells, the podocytes, which regulate selective filtration of blood into an ultrafiltrate that will become ultimately urine (Greka and Mundel, 2012).

Detailed explanation-3: -Blood flows into the glomerulus via the afferent arteriole (AA) and out via the efferent arteriole (EA). Inside the glomeruli, the blood navigates a branching set of narrow capillaries. Blood typically composed of 40% cells (white blood cells and red blood cells) and 60% plasma (straw-colored fluid, rich in proteins).

Detailed explanation-4: -Filterable blood components include water, nitrogenous waste, and nutrients that will be transferred into the glomerulus to form the glomerular filtrate. Non-filterable blood components include blood cells, albumins, and platelets, that will leave the glomerulus through the efferent arteriole.