nephron

purple

nephron

green

renal capsule

area of exchange

blue

deep loop =

juxtamedullary nephron, goes into the renal medulla

-water balance when producing urine

orange

short loop =

cortical nephron

ion and nutrient balance in the renal cortex, primarily conserves water.

yellow

renal capsule

space inside yellow

renal corpuscular space

1

afferent arteriole

where does blood exit

efferent arteriole

light blue

glomerulus

filters blood and produces filtrate

(orange) what leaks out of glomuerulus

plasma leaks out and becomes filtrate in the the renal corpuscular space

after blood exits the efferent arterioles

it either goes to the vasa recta or peritubalar capillaries

blue

proximal convoluted tubule

-where filtrate exits