HUMB1000 STUDY SHEET FULL SET 2026
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS GRADED A+
>> Afferent arteriole
Answer: A small artery carrying blood into the glomerulus of a nephron
>> Calyx
Answer: A funnel shaped structure into which the tips of the renal pyramids project.
>> Collecting duct
Answer: A long straight tubule. Filtrate from the distal convoluted tubule enters the collecting duct and
drains into the calyces.
>> Distal convoluted tubule
Answer: Convoluted tubule of the nephron, located between the loop of Henle and the collecting duct.
>> Efferent arteriole
Answer: A small artery carrying blood out of the glomerulus of a nephron towards the peritubular
capillaries.
>> Filtrate
Answer: Fluid that enters into the nephron through the filtration membrane of the glomerulus.
>> Glomerulus
Answer: Ball of capillaries, surrounded by the Bowman's capsule.
>> Loop of Henle
Answer: Looped tubule of the nephron, located between the two convoluted tubules.
>> Nephron
Answer: Microscopic functional unit of the kidney. Where blood is filtered, reabsorption and secretion
occurs and urine is produced.
>> Proximal convoluted tubule
Answer: Convoluted tubule of the nephron, located between the glomerulus and the loop of Henle.
>> Renal corpuscle
Answer: The glomerulus and Bowman's capsule that surrounds it. Filtration occurs here.
>> Renal
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS GRADED A+
>> Afferent arteriole
Answer: A small artery carrying blood into the glomerulus of a nephron
>> Calyx
Answer: A funnel shaped structure into which the tips of the renal pyramids project.
>> Collecting duct
Answer: A long straight tubule. Filtrate from the distal convoluted tubule enters the collecting duct and
drains into the calyces.
>> Distal convoluted tubule
Answer: Convoluted tubule of the nephron, located between the loop of Henle and the collecting duct.
>> Efferent arteriole
Answer: A small artery carrying blood out of the glomerulus of a nephron towards the peritubular
capillaries.
>> Filtrate
Answer: Fluid that enters into the nephron through the filtration membrane of the glomerulus.
>> Glomerulus
Answer: Ball of capillaries, surrounded by the Bowman's capsule.
>> Loop of Henle
Answer: Looped tubule of the nephron, located between the two convoluted tubules.
>> Nephron
Answer: Microscopic functional unit of the kidney. Where blood is filtered, reabsorption and secretion
occurs and urine is produced.
>> Proximal convoluted tubule
Answer: Convoluted tubule of the nephron, located between the glomerulus and the loop of Henle.
>> Renal corpuscle
Answer: The glomerulus and Bowman's capsule that surrounds it. Filtration occurs here.
>> Renal