City Hall complex. West Richland is a 22-square-mile (57 km2) city in Benton County, Washington, United States. The population was 11,811 at the 2010 census. The city is generally included in the Tri-Cities along with Kennewick, Richland, and Pasco. 1 History.
The proximal convoluted tubule (PCT) is a small tubular structure within the nephron of the kidney. The PCT connects Bowman's capsule with the proximal straight tubule, and it is essential for the reabsorption of water and solutes from filtrate within the nephron.
1 The region of glomerulus (renal corpuscle) where the urinary space drains into the proximal convoluted tubule is called the: 2  mesangium. 3  area cribosa. 4  vascular pole. 5  urinary (tubular) pole. 6  juxtaglomerular apparatus. 7  The lumen of glomerular capillaries is lined by: 8  mesangial cells. 9  podocytes foot processes. A principle function for the proximal convoluted tubule is: 2  filtration of blood from capillaries into urinary space. 3  active resorption of nutrients from ultrafilrate back into the blood. 4  establishment of medullary concentration gradient.