Question

Make a flow chart on how fluid moves in the nephron.

Answer 1

Nephron is defined as the structural and functional unit of kidney. Its function is to filter urine from fluid.

Fluid to be filter is firstly came to the bowman's capsule which is the part of nephron where the filteration takes place. Blood from afferent arteriole enter into the glomerulus which is the capillaries enclosed by the Bowman's capsule. It end at efferent arterioles which carring the filtered or pure blood out of kidney.

Bowman's capsule consist of inner visceral layer and outer parietal layer which filter urine from blood.

Proximal convoluted tubules is the coiled portion arising from Bowman's capsule.

It continues as loop of henle. Loop of henle consist of decending limb, hairpin bend and ascending limb.

From there fluid moves to distal convoluted tubule.

From here the fluid collected into collecting duct.

From collecting duct the blood fluid enters into renal pelvis.