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What Is The Order Of Structures In The Process Of Urine Formation?

we are trying to determine the order in which structures are used in the process of urine formation & delivery, we have a list of the 14 structures, just cannot figure out how to order them from 1 to 14 : ie Afferent arteriole, major calyx, urethra etc
Mon, 5 Jan 2015
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hellow
welcome to hcm
well here is the list of 14 structures involved in urine formation and transport to the outside of body in descending order i.e from first to the last part

(1) AFFERENT ARTERIOLE

(2) GLOMERULUS

(3) PROXIMAL CONVOLUTED TUBULE

(4) DESCENDING LIMB OF LOOP OF HENLE

(5) THIN ASCENDING LIMB OF LOOP OF HENLE

(6) THICK ASCENDING LIMB OF LOOP OF HENLE

(7) DISTAL CONVOLUTED TUBULE

(8) COLLECTING DUCTS

(9) MINOR CALYX

(10) MAJOR CALYX

(11) PELVIS OF KIDNEY

(12) URETER

(13) URINARY BLADDER

(14) URETHRA AND FROM URETHRA TO THE OUTSIDE OF BODY

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What Is The Order Of Structures In The Process Of Urine Formation?

hellow welcome to hcm well here is the list of 14 structures involved in urine formation and transport to the outside of body in descending order i.e from first to the last part (1) AFFERENT ARTERIOLE (2) GLOMERULUS (3) PROXIMAL CONVOLUTED TUBULE (4) DESCENDING LIMB OF LOOP OF HENLE (5) THIN ASCENDING LIMB OF LOOP OF HENLE (6) THICK ASCENDING LIMB OF LOOP OF HENLE (7) DISTAL CONVOLUTED TUBULE (8) COLLECTING DUCTS (9) MINOR CALYX (10) MAJOR CALYX (11) PELVIS OF KIDNEY (12) URETER (13) URINARY BLADDER (14) URETHRA AND FROM URETHRA TO THE OUTSIDE OF BODY regards hcm