The microscopic marvels of filtration
The plumbing and storage system
History and global medicine
Balance, hydration, and survival
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Master of The human urinary system
artiteacher The microscopic marvels of filtration
Filter the flow, filter the flow / Forty times a day!
artiteacher The glomerulus is a tiny ball of capillaries that initiates the filtration process.
artiteacher Each kidney contains about one million microscopic filtering units called nephrons.
artiteacher Sort waste from vital nutrients to discover how microscopic nephrons filter your blood.
Kidney blood flow: Despite their small size, your kidneys process more blood per minute than your brain or even your heart.
The basic structural and functional unit of the kidney, responsible for filtering blood and forming urine. In 1842, English anatomist William Bowman first illustrated the detailed structure of these microscopic units.
What percentage of the water and nutrients filtered by the kidneys is reabsorbed back into the blood?
Which structure receives the filtered fluid immediately after it passes through the glomerulus?
Approximately how many liters of fluid do healthy human kidneys process every day?
What is the name of the tiny ball of capillaries where blood filtration begins in the nephron?