Blood enters the kidney through a branch of the aorta called the _____ artery. This artery branches into the afferent ____. Each afferent arteriole leads to a network of capillaries known as the ____. This is where filtration takes place. Blood under high pressure moves through the walls of the glomerulus and into the ______. Dissolved solutes can pass through the walls of the glomerulus but ____ and ___________ cannot because they are too large. Blood leaves the glomerulus via the ____ arterioles and enters the capillaries in the medulla known as the ____ capillaries. (8)
Blood enters the kidney through a branch of the aorta called the renal artery. This artery branches into the afferent arteriole. Each afferent arteriole leads to a network of capillaries known as the glomerulus. This is where filtration takes place. Blood under high pressure moves through the walls of the glomerulus and into the Bowman's capsule. Dissolved solutes can pass through the walls of the glomerulus, but blood cells and proteins cannot because they are too large. Blood leaves the glomerulus via the efferent arterioles and enters the capillaries in the medulla known as the peritubular capillaries.
