Glomerular filtration in the nephron

Question 1

What is the glomerulus?

Answer 1

• Glomerulus receives branches that come from the renal artery
• Afferent arteriole- going towards
• Efferent arteriole- going away
• Main site of filtration- takes blood and turn it into filtrate
• Leaks fluid out

Question 2

Where does filtrate go after filtered out of glomerulus?

Answer 2

• Fluids captured into Bowman’s capsule
• collect fluid/filtrate that comes form glomerulus
• capsule contains filtrate `

Question 3

What do vessels in the glomerulus include?

Answer 3

• Have red blood cells, white blood cells, big proteins (does not leak), sodium ions, amino acids. glucose
• Big proteins, blood cells, platelets, white blood cells cannot leak out due to semi-permeable membrane between endothelial cells and the tubule- Basement membane

Question 4

How does filtrate leak out?

Answer 4

• Vessels are fenestrated (with holes) which also small things like sodium, amino acids and glucose to leak through.