Question

The blood flow through the kidney is special because

a. its first capillary beds drain into arterioles
b. its second capillary beds drain into arterioles
c. it is supplied by three renal arteries
d. it contains no capillary beds

Answer 1

The blood flow through the kidney is special because it contains two capillary beds: the glomerulus and the peritubular capillaries and vasa recta.

Step-by-step explanation:

The blood flow through the kidney is special because it contains two capillary beds. The first capillary bed is the glomerulus, which is a tuft of high-pressure capillaries located in Bowman's capsule. The second capillary bed is formed by the peritubular capillaries and vasa recta, which surround the more distal portions of the nephron tubule.

Answer 2

Answer: a. Its first capillary beds drain into arterioles.

Step-by-step explanation:

The kidneys are the two filtering units in the bodies. Inside each kidney their is a filteration unit called as glomerulus. This includes a group of blood vessels called as capillaries. The blood enters the capillaries by afferent arterioles and leaves by the virtue of efferent arterioles.