BLOOD FLOW THROUGH THE KIDNEY

1

Blood enters the kidney through the

renal artery

2

Blood travels through arteries up

through columns to cortex

3

In the cortex, arteries diverge into

specialized capillary beds called

Glomeruli

4

In the Glomeruli, blood cells get

separated from filter

BLOOD

Blood cells enter peritubular capillaries,

which run alongside the renal tubules.

While these are running side-by-side, we

are adding things that we want to keep in

the blood stream back into the capillaries

B1

At the end of the capillary bed, the blood

you have been fully balanced, and it will reform

into veins

B2

Blood travels down through columns and

out through renal vein

FILTRATE

Filtrate enters renal tubules, starting

with the proximal convoluted tubule

F1

Loop of Henle

F2

Distal convoluted tubules

F3

After the renal tubules, all

that is left is the waste

products from balancing the

blood (urine)

F4

Urine flows down through the

collecting duct

F5

Minor calyx

F6

Major Calyx

F7

Renal pelvis

F8

Ureter

F9

Bladder

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