Nephron Flashcards
1
Q
What is renal corpuscle
A
Where blood plasma is filtered
2
Q
What is renal tubule
A
Into which the filtered fluid passes
3
Q
There are two types of nephrons
A
Cortical nephrons and juxtamedullary nephrons
4
Q
Cortical nephrons are what
A
They are 80-85% of the nephrons; their renal corpuscles lie in the superficial renal cortex, and they have short nephron loops that lie mainly in the cortex and penetrate only into the superficial renal medulla
5
Q
Juxtamedullary nephrons are what
A
Are about -5-20% of the nephrons; their renal corpuscles lie deep in the cortex and they have a long nephron loop that extends into the renal medulla nearly to the renal papilla
6
Q
Nephrons are functional units of the kidneys. Each nephron consists of two parts
A
Renal corpuscle and renal tubule
