Structure of the glomerulus (scheme)
A Glomerulus
B main piece
C. centerpiece
D juxtaglomerular apparatus
a basement membrane
2 Bowman's capsule, parietal layer
3 Bowman's capsule, visceral layer
3a podocyte foot
3b podocyte
4 Lumen of Bowman's capsule (urinary space)
5a mesangium - intra-glomerular mesangial cells
5b mesangium - glomerular mesangial extra-
6 juxtaglomerular cells
7 macula densa
8 muscle cell (muscle cells of the arteriole wall)
9 Arteriola afferens
10 Glomerular capillaries
11 Arteriola efferens
