THORAX ABDOMEN AND PELVIS

Detailed explanation-1: -This part is wholly within the renal cortex . The next part of the tubule is highly coiled (the proximal convoluted tubule) and empties into a U-shaped loop which carries the filtered fluid deep down into the medulla and then back again into the cortex. This part of the nephron is called the loop of Henle.

Detailed explanation-2: -In the kidney, the loop of Henle (English: /ˈhɛnli/) (or Henle’s loop, Henle loop, nephron loop or its Latin counterpart ansa nephroni) is the portion of a nephron that leads from the proximal convoluted tubule to the distal convoluted tubule.

Detailed explanation-3: -The loop of Henle (sometimes known as the nephron loop) is a U-shaped tube that consists of a descending limb and ascending limb, which differ in permeability. The collecting duct and distal convoluted tubule are normally impermeable to water, but this is altered due to hormone stimulus during homeostasis.

Detailed explanation-4: -The main components of the nephron are the glomerulus, the Bowman’s capsule or glomerular capsule, the proximal convoluted tubule, the loop of Henle, and the distal convoluted tubule (Fig. 7.3).