The cup shaped structure inside kidney that helps in the filtration of blood is called:

Bowman's capsule

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Nephron

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The correct option is A
Bowman's capsule

Bowman’s capsule is a cup shaped structure that contains tuft of capillaries which help in the filtration of blood.

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Q. Draw the structure of a nephron and label the following ; Glomerulus ,Bowman capsule, renal artery, collecting duct,
b) What happen to glucose that enters the nephron along with the filtrate

Which one of the folloiwng statement is incorrec?
(a) The medullary zone of kidney is divided into a few conical masses called madullary pyramids projecting into the calyces
(b) Inside the kidney the cortical region extends in between the medullary pyraminds as renal pelvis
(c) Glomerulus along with bowman capsule is called the renal corpuscle
(d) Renal corpuscle, proximal Convoluted Tubule (PCT) and Distal Convoluted tubule (DCT) of the nephron are sutuated in the cortical region of kidney

Q. The following diagram represents a mammalian kidney tubule (nephron) and its blood supply.
Parts indicated by the guidelines 1 to 8 are as follows:
1. Afferent arteriole from renal artery;
2. Efferent arteriole
3. Bowman's capsule,
4. Glomerulus;
5. Proximal convoluted tubule with blood capillaries;
6. Distal convoluted tubule with blood capillaries;
7. Collecting tubule;
8. U-shaped loop of Henle.
Study the diagram and answer the questions that follow:
Which structure (normally) contains the lowest concentration of glucose?

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I. Kidney is located dorsolaterally and it is a retroperitoneal organ
II. There are two major types of nephrons - cortical nephron and juxtamedullary nephron
III. Size of the filtration slit of glomerulus is 80 nm
IV. Bowman’s capsule opens into DCT followed by loop of Henle and further by PCT

Q. Glomerulus and Bowmans capsule constitute

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The cup shaped structure inside kidney that helps in the filtration of blood is called:

The correct option is A Bowman's capsule Bowman’s capsule is a cup shaped structure that contains tuft of capillaries which help in the filtration of blood.

The correct option is A
Bowman's capsule

Bowman’s capsule is a cup shaped structure that contains tuft of capillaries which help in the filtration of blood.