The Kidney

Front 1

This has a large diameter and a thin wall. It carries blood away from the kidney and back to the heart.

Back 1

Renal Vein

Front 2

This blood vessel supplies blood to the kidney from the left hand side of the heart

Back 2

Renal Artery

Front 3

This is the region of the kidney where urine collects

Back 3

Pelvis

Front 4

carries the urine down to the bladder

Back 4

Ureter

Front 5

This is where the amount of salt and water in your urine is controlled. It consists of billions of loops of Henlé.

Back 5

Medulla

Front 6

We call this process "ultra-filtration" or "high pressure filtration"

Back 6

Cortex

Front 7

This is where ultra-filtration takes place. Blood from the renal artery is forced into the glomerulus under high pressure

Back 7

Glomerulus and Bowman's Capsule

Front 8

This is the place where all that useful glucose is re-absorbed from the ultra-filtrate and put back into the blood

Back 8

Proximal Convoluted Tubules

Front 9

This part of the nephron is where water is reabsorbed

Back 9

Loop of Henlé

Front 10

This is where most of the salts in the ultra-filtrate are re-absorbed.

Back 10

Distal Convoluted Tubules

Front 11

Although our kidneys make about 160 litres of urine every 24 hours, we only produce about ½ litre of urine

Back 11

Collecting Duct