The only part of the nephron that originates from the embryonic ureteric bud is the (a) glomerular capsule, (b) proximal convoluted tubule, (c) nephron loop, (d) distal convoluted tubule, (e) collecting duct.

Q: What are the basic differences between cortical and juxtamedullary nephrons?

A: Nephron can be defined as the basic unit of structure in the kidney. nephron plays the role in the…

Q: What is the major function of Distal tubule and cortical collecting ducts?

A: Distal tubule: It is a part of excretory system, which is located in nephron segment on downstream.…

Q: Where does most of thewater resorbed afterglomerular filtration go? Whatare the other…

A: The urinary system in mammals is composed of paired kidneys and ureters, a urinary bladder, and a…

Q: What are the main functions of the excretory system, elaborate?

A: All living organisms are made up cells where the cell is the structural and functional unit of an…

Q: Where are glomerulus present?

A: The kidneys are two bean-shaped organs present in the vertebrates. They are located on the left and…

Q: What is the  primary role of the proximal tubule?

A: The nephron is the kidney's microscopic structural and functional unit. A renal corpuscle and a…

Q: What is excretion?

A: The organ system is the group of organs that functions together to maintain the biological system of…

Q: How do the permeabilities of the two limbs of the nephron loop differ?

A: In human anatomy, nephron loop is refer as loop of Henle or Henle's loop which is located in the…

Q: What adaptations do tubule cells have for reabsorption?

A: The excretory framework is a uninvolved natural framework that eliminates overabundance, pointless…

Q: Most selective reabsorption occurs in the Proximal convoulted tubule.  Where else does selective…

A: The glomerulus filters the blood and the waste product accompanied with water into renal tubules.…

Q: How many nephrons are present in each kidney?

A: The nephron is a microscopic basic functional and structural unit of a kidney.  It is consisting of…

Q: What is the basic flow of urine from the kidneys to being excreted?

A: The excretory framework is an uninvolved natural framework that eliminates overabundance, pointless…

Q: Which structures comprise the juxtaglomerular apparatus?

A: Nephron The nephron is the structural and functional element of the kidney. It helps in the…

Q: Does fluid flow in sequence through what structures from the glomerulus to the bladder?

A: The kidney is the specialized organ of the body that filters the blood of its impurities which is…

Q: What happens is glomerulonephritis?

A: Glomerulus, filtering unit of kidney is a network of capillaries (small blood vessel) called as tuft…

Q: Why do the ureters use smooth muscle contraction to actively move urine to the urinary bladder? Why…

A: The urine passing from the kidney to the ureter is drained by the action of peristalsis. It involves…

Q: What does each nephron consist of?

A: The unit that really makes urine in the mechanism of eliminating toxins and unwanted compounds from…

Q: How does the position of the kidneys differ from that of most other organs in the abdominal region?

A: Each person has two kidneys. The kidneys are located right below the 12th rib. The left kidney is…

Q: Define the Organs of the Urinary System ?

A: The urinary system basically functions is to filter the blood and create the urine as the waste…

Q: Which are the Major Organs or Tissues of the Urinary system?

A: The urinary system comprises all the organs involved in the formation and release of urine.

Q: Sodium is actively extruded from which part of the nephron?

A: Nephron:               The microscopic structural and functional unit of kidney is designated as…

Q: list the strucutres of the excretory pathway , from where filtrate enters the nephron to the…

A: EXCRETORY SYSTEM It is the system of an organism's body that performs the function of excretion, the…

Q: Explain the Basic structure of a nephron and the collecting duct system?

A: The urinary or renal system is one of the organ systems that helps to remove waste from the human…

Q: Where nephrons discharge their urine?

A: The nephron is the structural and functional unit of the kidney. It is composed of a renal corpuscle…

Q: What is a lack of voluntary control over micturition called?

A: Micturition can be described as the process that includes simultaneous contraction of the urinary…

Q: Describe the histological structure of the proximal tubule, nephron loop, distal tubule, and…

A: The nephron is the functional unit of the kidney it consists of tubules and associated small blood…

Q: Describe the structures and functions of the nephron

A: A nephron of a kidney is involved in the regulation of water and soluble substances in the blood.…

Q: Define the function of Ureters ? Why it is major part of the Urinary System ?

A: Animal Physiology and Human Anatomy are two important branches of science that study the form and…

Q: What Are Some Examples of Invertebrate Urinary Systems?

A: Invertebrates generally do not have any system. Beside they have organs for performing function

Q: Does the Fluid flow in sequence through the structures from the glomerulus to the bladder?

A: The human kidney is composed of many nephrons and each nephron has a cuplike structure called…

Q: What is the functionalunity of the kidneys?

A: A pair of kidneys present in the human body. Its main function is to filter the blood. It helps to…

Q: What are the functions of the ureters?

A: The organ system in a body that functions to excrete the waste out of the body is termed as the…

Q: Where does filtration occur in the nephron?

A: Nephron is the structural and functional unit of kidney. A nephron consists of glomerulus, Bowman's…

Q: What is the function of the following kidney structures- Capsular space, Glomerulus,…

A: The nephron is a complex unitary structure consisting of several complicated substructures like the…

Q: How does urine form in the nephron?

A: Kidneys are the primary functional organ of the excretory system. Kidneys play a major role in…

Q: What is the function of the glomerulus?

A: Excretion is the process by which unwanted substances that enter the body, as well as waste material…

Q: Why do most molecules of urea and uric acid remain in the nephron, when they are there in higher…

A: Nephron is the microscopic structural and functional unit of kidney . It is composed of a renal…

Q: From where does the glomerular filtrate pass?

A: Kidneys play an important role in blood filtration, thereby removing waste or toxic products as well…

Q: Diagram the anatomic relationship between the peritubular capillaries/ vasa recta and tubular…

A: The nephron is the structural and functional microscopic organ of the kidney. This consists of a…

Q: How do cortical and juxtamedullary nephrons differ with respect toreabsorbing nutrients and…

A: Cortical nephrons : The glomerulous of these nephrons are located to the outer parts of the cortex…

Q: Which vessels and what part of the nephron areinvolved in countercurrent multiplication?

A: Step 1 A counter-current system is a system of the flowing of fluids in two types of antiparallel…