Nephron Kidney Anatomy And Physiology. The nephron is the functional unit of the kidney it is comprised of the renal corpsucle glomerulus and surrounding bowman s capsule and renal tubule. The purpose of this study is to see whether a large drawing of a nephron helped medical students in self directed learning groups learn renal physiology histology and pharmacology before discussi.
Each nephron is consisting of two parts. Renal physiology i kidney function physiological anatomy hello what s up guys. The tubule is an elongated hollow duct with the proximal end forming a double walled cap known as the bowman s capsule.
The glomerulus acts to filter the blood free of cells and large proteins producing an ultrafiltrate composed of the other smaller circulating elements.
As the filtrate flows through the tubule of the nephron it becomes increasingly concentrated into urine. There are approximately 1 million nephrons in each kidney. I am so proud to present you today this a. The cortex and medulla make up two of the internal layers of a kidney and are composed of individual filtering units known as nephrons.