NEETZoologyExcretory Products and their Elimination
What is the next part of the renal tubule after the Henle's loop?
Options
- ADistal Convoluted Tubule (DCT)
- BCollecting Duct
- CProximal Convoluted Tubule (PCT)
- DMedullary Pyramid
Correct answer
A. Distal Convoluted Tubule (DCT)
Step-by-step solution
The renal tubule begins with a double walled cup-like structure called Bowman’s capsule, which encloses the glomerulus. Glomerulus alongwith Bowman’s capsule, is called the malpighian body or renal corpuscle (Figure 16.4). The tubule continues further to form a highly coiled network – proximal convoluted tubule (PCT). A hairpin shaped Henle’s loop is the next part of the tubule which has a descending and an ascending limb. The ascending limb continues as another highly coiled tubular region called distal convoluted