Kidney Nephritis

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Nephritis is inflammation of the kidneys, which can affect the two areas of the kidney nephron, which are renal corpuscles and renal tubule. The renal corpuscle is part of the kidney nephron that blood plasma is filtered. Corpuscle meaning small body, which contains glomerulus a small network of blood vessels called capillaries and the Bowman’s capsule, which is a double, walled epithelial. PCT reabsorbs all of the glucose and amino acids, while the DCT is actively reabsorbs sodium and chloride. There are collecting ducts, which are a variety of small tubes inside the kidneys that funnel urine into the renal pelvis for drainage into the ureter.

The renal tubule is part of the kidney nephron which glomerular filtrate passes after it has reached

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