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