What is the difference between the Uriniferous tubule and the nephron?
The nephron includes: Renal corpuscle, proximal convoluted tubule, loop of Henle, distal convoluted tubule. The nephron plus the collecting tubule and collecting duct makes the uriniferous tubule (anatomofunctional unit of the kidney).
Is nephron and kidney tubule the same?
The cortex and medulla are seen to be composed of masses of tiny tubes. These are called kidney tubules or nephrons (see diagrams 12.5 and 12.6). A human kidney consists of over a million of them. At one end of each nephron, in the cortex of the kidney, is a cup shaped structure called the (Bowman’s or renal) capsule.
Is the convoluted tubule part of the nephron?
Different sections of nephrons are located in different parts of the kidney: The cortex contains the renal corpuscle, proximal, and distal convoluted tubules. The medulla and medullary rays contain the loops of Henle and collecting ducts.
What is Uriniferous tubule?
Medical Definition of uriniferous tubule : a tubule (as a convoluted tubule) of the kidney that collects or conducts urine.
What is the function of the Uriniferous tubule?
The structural and functional unit of the kidney is the uriniferous tubule, commonly known as the kidney tubule. It receives impure blood from the renal artery and excretes wastes as urine. It also gives a wider surface area for salt and water reabsorption.
What does Uriniferous tubule consist of?
The uriniferous tubule consists of two parts (1) the NEPHRON and (2) the COLLECTING DUCTS. As you view the various segments note their relative position in the cortex and medulla.
Why the Uriniferous tubule is considered as the functional unit of the kidney?
The uriniferous tubule is the basic functional unit of the kidney. Each tubule consists of two distinct morphological entities: (1) the nephron, which produces the filtrate and (2) the collecting tubule which serves to concentrate the filtrate by the further removal of water.
What is the other name of Uriniferous tubule?
•nephron (noun) nephron.
Which of the following is the part of Uriniferous tubule?
The uriniferous tubule is divided into the proximal tubule, the intermediate (thin) tubule, the distal tubule and the collecting duct.
What are the two types of nephron?
There are two types of nephron, those with long Henle’s loops and those with short loops. Short loops turn back in the outer medulla or even in the cortex (cortical loops). Long loops turn back at successive levels of the inner medulla.
What is the difference between Juxtamedullary and cortical nephron?
Cortical nephrons have a short loop of Henle, which penetrates only the outer renal medulla. Juxtamedullary nephrons have a long loop of Henle extending deep into the renal medulla.
What are Juxtamedullary nephrons?
In other words, a juxtamedullary nephron is a nephron whose renal corpuscle is near the medulla, and whose proximal convoluted tubule and its associated loop of Henle occur deeper in the medulla than the other type of nephron, the cortical nephron.