1. What is the renal capsule of the kidney?
2. Which of the following correctly describes the components of the renal corpuscle in a nephron?
3. What is the primary role of the filtration process in the kidney?
Kidney — main functions?
Filtration, reabsorption, secretion, regulation.
Nephron — role?
Functional unit of the kidney for urine formation.
Filtration — process?
Blood plasma filtered into Bowman's capsule by hydrostatic pressure.
Renal capsule — function?
Protection and shape maintenance
Renal cortex — location?
Outermost kidney region
Renal medulla — contains?
Pyramids, loops of Henle
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