The kidney is supplied by the renal artery and blood is removed by the renal vein, with capillaries surrounding nephrons for filtration and reabsorption.
O rim é suprido pela artéria renal e a sangue é removido pela veia renal, com capilares envolvendo os néfrons para filtração e reabsorção.
| Front | kidney anatomy of the blood vessels |
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| Back | supplied with blood from renal artery (branch of abdominal aorta) into arteriole, network of cappilaries surround nephrons from efferent arteriole, and then blood travels through a venule to renal vein where blood comp similar to before entering kidney (less urea but similar levels of glucose (some use in selective reabsorption) and other substances e.g AA, mineral ion (conc now ideal aswell) |
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