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Title: Which organ moves materials into Bowman's capsule of a nephron?
Post by: datpiff on Sep 28, 2012
The human body must work to move materials into Bowman's capsule of a nephron at the normal rate. The organ that does this work is the:
a. heart
b. aorta
c. renal artery
d. glomerulus
e. convoluted tubule


Title: Which organ moves materials into Bowman's capsule of a nephron?
Post by: Tonbon1221 on Sep 28, 2012
Materials in blood are what enter Bowman's capsule (the beginning of the nephrons).  While blood moves through the aorta and renal artery, they are not organs that moves blood, they are essentially tubes.  The heart is the organ that drives blood movement.  So the correct answer is A.