Multiple choice

What is a knot of extremely tiny blood vessels involved in filtering the blood to form urine called?

  1. Bladder

  2. Capillary

  3. Nephron

  4. Glomerulus

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Explanation

A glomerulus, plural glomeruli, is a knot of extremely tiny blood vessels involved in filtering the blood to form urine. There are many glomeruli inside the kidney, each contained within a capsule known as Bowman's capsule.