Renal corpuscle

The vascular pole of the renal corpuscle is the site where the afferent and efferent arterioles connect with the capillary tuft that forms the glomerulus. The glomerular capillary and the visceral layer of Bowman’s capsule surrounding it serves as the filtration barrier for the formation of urine.

The vascular pole of the renal corpuscle is the site where the afferent and efferent arterioles connect with the capillary tuft that forms the glomerulus. The glomerular capillary and the visceral layer of Bowman’s capsule surrounding it serves as the filtration barrier for the formation of urine.

The vascular pole of the renal corpuscle is the site where the afferent and efferent arterioles connect with the capillary tuft that forms the glomerulus. The glomerular capillary and the visceral layer of Bowman’s capsule surrounding it serves as the filtration barrier for the formation of urine.

Bowman’s capsule is a double walled structure enclosing the glomerulus.  An inner layer of cells, podocytes (visceral layer), surrounds the glomerular capillaries and serves as part of the filtration barrier.  The outer parietal layer is a simple squamous epithelium, continuous with the proximal convoluted tubule.  Separating the layers is Bowman’s space, where the filtrate accumulates.

Bowman’s capsule is a double walled structure enclosing the glomerulus.  An inner layer of cells, podocytes (visceral layer), surrounds the glomerular capillaries and serves as part of the filtration barrier.  The outer parietal layer is a simple squamous epithelium, continuous with the proximal convoluted tubule.  Separating the layers is Bowman’s space, where the filtrate accumulates.

Bowman’s capsule is a double walled structure enclosing the glomerulus.  An inner layer of cells, podocytes (visceral layer), surrounds the glomerular capillaries and serves as part of the filtration barrier.  The outer parietal layer is a simple squamous epithelium, continuous with the proximal convoluted tubule.  Separating the layers is Bowman’s space, where the filtrate accumulates.

Bowman’s capsule is a double walled structure enclosing the glomerulus.  An inner layer of cells, podocytes (visceral layer), surrounds the glomerular capillaries and serves as part of the filtration barrier.  The outer parietal layer is a simple squamous epithelium, continuous with the proximal convoluted tubule.  Separating the layers is Bowman’s space, where the filtrate accumulates.

The urinary pole is the continuation of the simple squamous epithelium of the parietal layer of Bowman’s capsule with the simple cuboidal epithelium forming the proximal convoluted tubule.  At the urinary pole, the filtrate accumulating in Bowman’s space enters the first tubular part of the nephron, known as the proximal convoluted tubule.

The urinary pole is the continuation of the simple squamous epithelium of the parietal layer of Bowman’s capsule with the simple cuboidal epithelium forming the proximal convoluted tubule.  At the urinary pole, the filtrate accumulating in Bowman’s space enters the first tubular part of the nephron, known as the proximal convoluted tubule.

The ascending thick limb associated with this renal corpuscle loops back to its own vascular pole, where it lies adjacent to the afferent arteriole. Modified cells in the wall of the tubule, the macula densa, and cells in the wall of the afferent arteriole, juxtaglomerular cells, comprise the juxtaglomerular apparatus, which regulates blood pressure and blood volume.

The ascending thick limb associated with this renal corpuscle loops back to its own vascular pole, where it lies adjacent to the afferent arteriole. Modified cells in the wall of the tubule, the macula densa, and cells in the wall of the afferent arteriole, juxtaglomerular cells, comprise the juxtaglomerular apparatus, which regulates blood pressure and blood volume.