ANATOMY

Detailed explanation-1: -The correct answer is option (d) glomerulus. A ball of capillaries forming part of the renal corpuscle in the kidneys is a glomerulus.

Detailed explanation-2: -Each nephron consists of a ball formed of small blood capillaries, called a glomerulus, and a small tube called a renal tubule.

Detailed explanation-3: -The renal corpuscle comprises the glomerulus, a tuft of blood capillaries supplied by an afferent and an efferent, and an efferent arteriole that invaginates and invests itself of the inner (visceral) layer of Bowman’s capsule.

Detailed explanation-4: -The glomerulus is a tuft of capillaries located within Bowman’s capsule within the kidney. Glomerular mesangial cells structurally support the tufts. Blood enters the capillaries of the glomerulus by a single arteriole called an afferent arteriole and leaves by an efferent arteriole.

Detailed explanation-5: -Glomerular morphology. The glomerular capillary wall or filtration barrier consists of three components: the capillary endothelium, basement membrane, and visceral epithelium (Fig.