nephron /renal glomerulus: /renal capsule ---renal tubule: /proximal tubule:
-convoluted portion -straight portion /thin segment /distal tubule: -straight portion -convoluted portion
remove waste products of metabolism
regulate the homeostasis
secrete some bioactive factors- renin, erythropoietin
*cavity organs: mucosa: /epi-transitional epi /lamina propria muscularis: SM adventitia: CT
/renal
corpuscle
=glomerulus + renal
capsule(beginning part
of renal tubule)
/nephron=renal corpuscle + renal tubule
---interstitium: CT, BV, N
2) Nephron: structural and functional unit, 1,000,000 ---renal corpuscle: cortical and juxtamedullary
-minor calyx -major calyx -pelvis
*renal lobe: one renal pyramid and its bounding cortical tissue