The two components of a nephron are the
There are two parts of a kidney nephron: the renal corpuscle, and the renal tubule. (1) Renal Corpuscle. The renal corpuscle is the part of the kidney nephron in which blood plasma is filtered. The term corpuscle means tiny or small body. The diagram above is a much simplified representation of a kidney nephron. It includes the same level of detail as the diagram in the Oxford Concise Colour Medical Dictionary and as taught for the ITEC Anatomy & Physiology Course (c.2001).