Question

diffrentiate between the functional aspect of descending and ascending limbs of loop of henle of human nephron justify​

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The key difference between ascending and descending loop of Henle is that ascending loop of Henle is the thicker segment of the loop of Henle located just after the sharp bend of the loop while descending loop of Henle is the thinner segment located just before the sharp bend of the loop.

The nephron is the basic functional unit of our kidney that filter blood and produces urine in order to remove waste and extra fluid from the body. Nephron has two major parts: renal corpuscle and renal tubule. Renal corpuscle consists of glomerulus and Bowman’s capsule. Afferent arteriole enters the renal corpuscle with blood filled with waste and unnecessary chemicals. Glomerulus filters fluid and waste into the capsule, without letting blood cells and necessary molecules to leave the blood. Efferent arteriole leaves the glomerulus with filtered blood.

Renal tubule starts from the capsule and the first part of the renal tubule is proximal convoluted tubule. Then a special area called Henle loop runs and enters the second part of the renal tubule known as the distal convoluted tubule. Useful substances are reabsorbed into the blood from the renal tubule and the remaining fluid is excreted from the body as urine.