BIOL 1010 Chapter Notes - Chapter 27: Renal Pelvis, Collecting Duct System, Nephron

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Hairpin loop with a capillary network that carries filtrate toward and in some cases into the medulla and then back toward the cortex. Called distal because it is the most distant from. Drains into a collecting duct, which receives filtrate from many nephrons. Fro(cid:373) the kid(cid:374)ey"s (cid:373)a(cid:374)y collecti(cid:374)g ducts, the processed filtrate (urine) is passed into a chamber called the renal pelvis, then to the ureter, from which it is then expelled. The intricate association between blood vessels and tubules is the key to nephron function. Finely divided portion of arteriole that branches from the renal artery. Leaving the glomerulus, the arteriole re-forms and carries blood to the second capillary network, which surrounds the proximal and distal tubules. Works with the tubule in refining the filtrate. Some of the vessels in this network parallel the loop of henle, with blood flowing downward and then back up. Leaving the nephron, the capillaries converge to forma venule leading toward the renal vein.

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