The Structure Of The Kidney And Nephrons

Question 1

Describe the pathway blood follows into and out of the kidney.

Answer 1

Blood arrives into the kidney through the renal artery and out of the kidney through the renal vein

Question 2

What is the function of a kidney?

Answer 2

Produces urine which is carried to the bladder along the ureter

Question 3

What is the kidney made up of?

Answer 3

• outer layer = cortex
• inner layer = medulla
  Many nephrons

Question 4

What is the structure of a nephron?

Answer 4

• bowman’s capsule
• glomerulus
• proximal convoluted tubule (PCT)
• loop of Henle
• distal convulated tubule (DCT)
• collecting duct