What does each nephron consist of?

Q: How does the number of functional nephrons change in old age? What are the implications of this…

A: As individuals begin to age the number of nephrons will decline. In old age, the kidney begins to…

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 Are the Major Functions of Urinary Systems?

A: 1. Major function of the urinary system are:- 1. Regulates fluids balance and fluid volumes of the…

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: draw and label a nephron?

A: The excretory system is involved in the function of removal of waste products. It is studied under…

Q: What is the proximal tubule?

A: The pair of kidneys are the main excretory organs in humans. They are dark red in color and…

Q: What is excretion?

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

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 name is given to the millions of tiny filtering units that make up each kidney?A nephronsB…

A: Kidney is a vital organ of the body that is involved in filtering out waste from the blood,…

Q: What are the main structures of the excretory system

A: Itis the process of waste removal in the form of ammonia, urea , uric acid.

Q: What are the two main parts of a nephron?

A: Humans contain various types of systems that work together to make the body doing its normal…

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: Identify the parts of a nephron that are found in the renalcortex and the renal medulla.

A: Ans: Nephron: The microscopic structural and functional unit of the kidney is known as the nephron.…

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: In the kidney, there are many more nephrons than collecting ducts.  Explain why.

A: Kidney is the main excretory organ in our body. Nitrogenous waste meterial getting out through this…

Q: What happens to glomeruli as a person ages?

A: Like the other organs, kidneys are also susceptible to age-related changes. Restricting the blood…

Q: what happens if one part of the nephron cannot function.

A: Nephrons are the structural and functional units of kidneys . They helps in filtering blood and…

Q: What happens when bicarbonate ions enter the nephron?

A: BASIC INFORMATION KIDNEY It is a paired organ present in our body. It helps the body to get rid of…

Q: Define the Anatomy of a Nephron ?

A: The kidney can be broadly divided into three regions; renal cortex, renal medulla, and renal pelvis.…

Q: why micturition is more in winters than in summer season?

A: Urination is the process of releasing urine outside our body from the urinary bladder through the…

Q: What is the relationship between increased pressure and filtration?

A: Filtration is the movement of substances through a filter or filtering membrane.

Q: Describe the structure of the nephron and trace the path of filtrate through the nephron

A: Human kidney contains about 1 million thin, long much convoluted tubular units called nephrons or…

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: Distinguish between the Septal nephridium and pharyngeal nephridium.

A: In various invertebrate animals, a tubule open to the exterior which acts as an organ of…

Q: what is the nephron and where do filtration, reabsorption, and secretion occur within it?

A: Animal physiology is the systematic study of the supporting features, roles, and processes of…

Q: What is kidney

A: One of a pair of abdominal organs. The kidneys remove waste and excess water from the blood…

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: Below is a listing of nephron components and associated structures: 1. Descending limb of loop of…

A: Nephron is smallest structural and functional unit of the kidneys. Nephrons filter blood and form…

Q: What is the relationship between the amount of sodium ions in the blood and nephron function, urine…

A: Introduction Sodium is an electrolyte, which are minerals that the body need in relatively large…

Q: Which of the following structures of nephron connects the Bowman’s capsule to the loop of Henle?…

A: The hollow double-layered, cup-shaped, part of the renal corpuscle that holds the glomerulus is…

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 are the characteristics of the Juxtamedullary nephrons?

A: The nephron is the structural and functional unit of the kidneys. It is made up of a renal tube and…

Q: What is Urinary/Excretory System? What is the parts and their function?

A: Answer: Introduction: The excretory system contains all the organs required in the removal of wastes…

Q: Draw a well labelled diagram of nephron.

A: A NEPHRON is the basic structural and functional unit of the kidneys. It regulates water and soluble…

Q: What does the glomerulus consist of?

A: The structure that really makes urine in the process of eliminating waste and excess substances from…

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…