Nephron

renal corpuscle (Malpighian corpuscle)

Bowman's capsule + glomerulus

Filtration apparatus of kidney

glomerulus

A ball of capillaries surrounded by Bowman's capsule in the nephron and serving as the site of filtration in the kidney.

distal tubule

straight + convoluted tubules

proximal tubule

convoluted + straight tubules

collecting duct

medullary ray

loop of Henle

section of the nephron tubule that conserves water and minimizes the volume of urine

afferent arteriole

carries blood toward capillaries of glomerulus

granular cells

secrete renin

macula densa

Tall, closely packed cells of ascending limb

Chemoreceptors; sense NaCl content of filtrate

Bowman's capsule

cup-shaped strucutre of the nephron of a kidney which encloses the glomerulus and which filtration takes place.

efferent arteriole

carries blood away capillaries from glomerulus

filtration barrier in renal corpuscle

Bowman's capsule + podocytes + fenestrated endothelium of glomerular capillaries