Thursday, March 29, 2012

Nephron

Objective: Describe how a nephron works. How is this similar to counter currents or hydrostatic skeletons.

 The nephron is a system of blood vessels in the kidney that runs through the Bowman's Capsule, Convoluted Tubes, Collecting Duct, and the Loop Of Henle. Through those areas, all foreign unwanted waste materials are gathered together and removed from the body, healthy and other recognizable cells and proteins are allowed to continue to circulate through the cells. The Proximinal Tubeule slowly absorbs and recycle materials needed for the body such as calcium, the other unwanted materials such as salt would be concentrated and then flushed to the ureter with water and travels to the bladder.

The Counter Current System is the forming of highly concentrated urine known as dilute urine. It is the process of exchanging solutes between the renal medullary capillaries.

 The Hydrostatic Skeletons are structures surrounded by muscles and are founded in cold-blooded organisms and soft bodied animals such as; clams, mollusk,and mussels that have a fluid-field cavity called the Coelom.

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