Biology 12 "Urinary System in a Nutshell"

This is a good, basic introduction of the nephron.


Total and complete description of both structure and function in the nephron. It'll take a few tries but if you nail this video, you've got the majority of our urinary unit. Keyword, few or let's change that to "many" tries.



For the students who want the extra challenge (we teachers like to call these "extensions") I present to you the basis of models we have here in Room 307 :)

This is okay for differentiating between the cortical nephrons (short, within the cortex) and the juxtamedullar nephrons (Juxta/crossing into the medulla) but the juxtaglomerular apparatus contains distal convoluted tubule, not the collecting tubule like she said.




Again, we actually have this model at school if you'd like to practise identifying the nephron's parts. It's a cross-section; the assumption is you know the nephron like a member of your family already. If you don't like your family, you'll have to get re-acquainted.