Detailed nephron
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Afferent arteriole
Ascending limb
Ascending limb of loop ends
Bowman's capsule
Capsular space
Collecting duct
COLLECTING SYSTEM
Delivery of urine to minor calyx
Descending limb
Descending limb of loop begins
Distal convoluted tubule
Efferent arteriole-
Further reabsorptionof water (descending limb) and both sodium and chloride ions (ascending limb)
Glomerulus
Loop of Henle
Minor calyx
NEPHRON
Papillary duct
Production of filtrate
Proximal convoluted tubule
Reabsorption of water, ions, and all organic nutrients
Renal corpuscle
Renal tubule
Secretion of ions, acids, drugs, toxins Variable reabsorption of water sodium ions, and calcium ions (under hormonal control)
Thick ascending limb
Thin descending limb
Variable reabsorption of water and reabsorption or secretion of sodium, potassium, hydrogen, and bicarbonate ions
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