Question: Martin Cullinan Is A 57 Year Old Man Who Came To The Emergency Room, With 2 Weeks Of Worsening Leg Swelling, Fatigue And Eye Swelling. He Has Diabetes, Which He Has Been Poorly Controlling Over The Last Ten Years Or So. 1. What Is A Nephron? Draw And Label The Parts Of A Nephron. Name The Three Processes Of Urine Formation And Indicate Where They Occur …

Martin Cullinan is a 57 year old man who came to the emergency room, with 2 weeks of worsening leg swelling, fatigue and eye swelling. He has diabetes, which he has been poorly controlling over the last ten years or so. 1. What is a nephron? Draw and label the parts of a nephron. Name the three processes of urine formation and indicate where they occur in the nephron. 2. Which substances are filtered across the glomerular membrane? Is glucose filtered? How and where is it reabsorbed? 3. In addition to glucose, which substances are reabsorbed and where in the nephron? 4. Which substances are secreted by which regions of the nephron?