The glomerulus and Bowman's capsule together are known as the .
A
renal corpuscle
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B
PCT
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C
DCT
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D
renal tubule
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Solution
The correct option is A renal corpuscle The glomerulus is a tuft of capillaries formed by the afferent arteriole – a fine branch of renal artery. Blood from the glomerulus is carried away by an efferent arteriole. A cup-like structure called Bowman’s capsule encloses the glomerulus. The glomerulus along with the Bowman’s capsule is called the malpighian body or renal corpuscle. The renal corpuscle is the blood-filtering component of the nephron of the kidney.