Asterix (character) Asterix (French: AstÃ©rix) is a fictional character the titular hero of the French comic book series The Adventures of Asterix. The series portrays him as a diminutive but fearless Gaulish warrior living in the time of Julius Caesar's Gallic Wars.
Basically, a nephron comprises a renal tubule and blood vessels. The renal tubule expands into a cup-shaped structure called the Bowman's Capsule, which contains a ball of capillaries known as the Glomerulus. The Glomerulus is the primary structure of the filtering process.
The reason glucose is detected in the urine of individuals with uncontrolled diabetes mellitus is that __________. glucose is secreted in the collecting ducts of diabetics. glucose is too large to be filtered by the nephron. the transport maximum for glucose reabsorption has been exceeded. glucose cannot be reabsorbed by the kidney.