Nephron

The Bowman's capsule is obviously permeable to let urea out of the blood and into the nephron, and then a significant proportion is reabsorbed in the PCT which is also permeable. The thin sections of both the ascending and descending regions of the loop of henle are ...

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Hi Which part of the nephron would be permeable to urea? is it last part of the DCT and collecting duct? And is it regulated by the ADH hormone? Is this the only part where urea is reabsorbed and carried into meddula? Oh I am so confused ...

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... so I suppose their kidneys don't work too hard to excrete salts and save water... But still I agree.. I'm not sure how weight will speak to nephron anatomy. Arg! I did think, however, that the fact that these animals were so different would be a good thing. I figured their anatomy would ...

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... and kidneys... I am at a loss as to what to say about comparative organ sizes. The only data we have is weight. I'm not sure how this can speak to nephron anatomy if it does at all (for osmoregulation and the like). Any help is greatly appreciated! Many thanks!

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... the kidneys? The thing that does happen is: it is initially filtered from the glomerulus (capillary bed) to the glomerular capsule (part of the nephron tube system) The things I think that dont happen are : substances the body wants to keep (like salts & glucose) are reabsorbed into the ...

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