Nephron Key  

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1. Collecting tubule

2. Arcuate vein

3. Interlobular vein

4. Distal convoluted tubule

5. Proximal convoluted tubule

6. Afferent arteriole

7. Peritubular capillaries

8. Efferent arteriole

9. Interlobular artery

10. Renal corpuscle

11. Loop of Henle (ascending)

12. Arcuate artery

13. Vasa recta

 

 

 

 

 

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