MICROANATOMY

Detailed explanation-1: -Each nephron in your kidneys has a microscopic filter, called a glomerulus that is constantly filtering your blood. Blood that is about to be filtered enters a glomerulus, which is a tuft of blood capillaries (the smallest of blood vessels).

Detailed explanation-2: -The glomerulus is clinically significant because it is the location where filtration in the kidney begins. All actions of the nephron downstream of the glomeruli rely on the passage of filtrate from the glomerular capillaries into Bowman’s space.

Detailed explanation-3: -Filtration occurs in the glomerulus of the nephron. The glomerulus is a capillary bed within the nephron, and filtration of fluid out of the glomerulus occurs both as a result of the structure of the nephron, and of Starling’s forces. The glomerulus is part of the vascular structure of the nephron.