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Bioengineering 6000 CV Physiology

Kidney

Nephron Structure

• Closed end of tubule forms a bowl for 

the glomerulus

• Glomerulus is extension of capillaries, 

creates ultrafiltrate of blood that passes 

to to Bowman’s capsule

• Urine passes through collecting duct to 

renal pelvis

• Tubule 

– One-cell thick
– Proximal tubule
– Loop of Henle
– Distal tubule

• 1 million nephrons/kidney

Kidney

Bioengineering 6000 CV Physiology

Osmoregulatory Organs:

 Prototypical Transport Systems and the 

Mammalian Kidney

Comments:

Overview of Renal Function

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