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Hello everyone, so in this question we are here asked to explain the structure of nephron, structure of this nephron.
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So nephrons mean it is the functional unit of kidney, functional unit of kidney that is responsible for filtering the blood and producing urine.
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Now when we look at the nephron, it has several parts.
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So the first part is the renal corpuscle, renal corpuscle.
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So this renal corpuscle consists of two things, one is this glomerulus which is a network of capillary where blood is filtered under high pressure and second one is bowman's capsule.
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Bowman's capsule that surrounds this glomerulus that collect the filtrate.
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After that is the pct that is the proximal convoluted tubule, proximal convoluted tubule or the pct.
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So after this bowman's capsule is the pct, from here the reabsorption of water, reabsorption of water, ions and nutrients takes place.
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Now after that is the loop of henle, loop of henle.
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So in loop of henle, there is a ascending limb and a descending limb, descending limb and an ascending limb.
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So each of this limb has its own function.
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This descending limb is permeable to water, permeable to water which will allow it to passively leave the filtrate and this ascending limb is impermeable to water, impermeable to water but they can actively transport the ions.
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After the loop of henle is the dct that is the distal convoluted tubule, distal convoluted tubule or the dct.
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So this dct is responsible for the further fine tuning, fine tuning the reabsorption and the secretion process, reabsorption and the secretion process.
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So it regulates the concentration of ions, ph and water reabsorption based on body's needs...