MICROANATOMY

URINARY SYSTEM AND MALE FEMALE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEMS

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
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -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-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: -Blood enters the glomerulus through a small artery supplying the glomerulus with unfiltered blood called the afferent arteriole. Another vessel, a small artery carrying filtered blood away from the glomerulus, is called the efferent arteriole.

Detailed explanation-4: -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.

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