MEDICAL PHYSIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -The nephron is the minute or microscopic structural and functional unit of the kidney. It is composed of a renal corpuscle and a renal tubule. The renal corpuscle consists of a tuft of capillaries called a glomerulus and a cup-shaped structure called Bowman’s capsule. The renal tubule extends from the capsule.

Detailed explanation-2: -The renal tubule consists of the proximal convoluted tubule, loop of Henle, and the distal convoluted tubule. This fluid then passes through the connecting tubule to the collecting ducts. The collecting ducts pass fluid to the renal calyces as urine.

Detailed explanation-3: -A nephron has two parts: a renal corpuscle and a renal tubule. The renal corpuscle consists of a cluster of capillaries, called the glomerulus, surrounded by a double-layered epithelial cup, called the glomerular capsule.