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.
Absorption of Dietary water is done in the Large Intestine or Colon. Once the nutrients have been removed by the small intestine the slurry that is left passes on to the large intestine where the water is removed.Water is also reabsorbed in the Nephron of the kidney.The start of the nephron filters the blood and takes a lot of the water from the plasma as well as salty, glucose and urea. In a part of the nephron called the Loop of Henle much of the water is reabsorbed.he start of the nephron filters the blood and takes a lot of the water from the plasma as well as salty, glucose and urea. In a part of the nephron called the Loop of Henle much of the water is reabsorbed.