BIOL 221 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Proximal Tubule, Descending Limb Of Loop Of Henle, Simple Squamous Epithelium

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Proximal convoluted tubule (pct: simple cuboidal epithelium with microvilli, absorption and secretion, active and passive reabsorption of solutes, passive reabsorption of water, active secretion. The proximal convoluted tubule (pct) forms the proximal portion of nephron into which filtrate moves from the capsular space. The pct is found in the cortex of the kidney. Microvilli increase the surface area for reabsorption, which occurs by both active and passive transport mechanisms. Certain solutes are actively secreted by the cells. The basolateral membrane is in contact with if; the apical, or luminal, membrane is in contact with the filtrate. Nephrons: nephron loop: important to concentrated urine, descending limb, lower region (thin segment; simple squamous et, permeable to water, relatively impermeable to solutes. The nephron loops of cortical nephrons are entirely (or almost entirely) located in the cortex. Nephron loops of juxtamedullary nephrons extend deep into the medulla and are very important to concentrating urine. The descending limb (thin segment) carries filtrate toward medulla.

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