Also called statute mile. a unit of distance on land in English-speaking countries equal to 5280 feet, or 1760 yards (1.609 kilometers).
Urine formation begins in the renal corpuscle, where blood passing through the glomerulus is filtered. Filtrates include water, ions, and other solutes, which are filtered out of the blood and into the capsular space to begin urine formation. Urine passes into the proximal convoluted tubule, then into the nephron loop.The nephron concentrates urine by the process of the countercurrent multiplication system.iltrates include water, ions, and other solutes, which are filtered out of the blood and into the capsular space to begin urine formation. Urine passes into the proximal convoluted tubule, then into the nephron loop. The nephron concentrates urine by the process of the countercurrent multiplication system.
Confidence votes 795. In the kidney, a tubular structure called the nephron filters blood to form urine. At the beginning of the nephron, the glomerulus /É¡lÉËmÉrÉlÉs/ is a network (tuft) of capillariesthat performs the first step of filtering blood. The glomerulus is surrounded by Bowman's capsule.he glomerulus and bowmans capsule are part of the excretory system, and they are found in the nephron of a kidney. The function of the glomerulus and the bowman's capsule is â¦ to filter the substances in the blood. The glomerulus is a tangle of capillaries which have little slits in them.