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10 Cards in this Set
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Cortex
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Outer layer, functions as a filter.
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Medulla
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Middle layer, functions to collect wastes.
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Pelvis
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Inner layer, functions to transport urine.
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Renal Artery
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Brings blood with waste products into kidney.
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Afferent Arteriole
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Delivers blood to Bowman's capsule.
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Glomerulus
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Group of capillaries forming a tight ball. It is an exchange point in which FILTRATION occurs! Small particles are forced through by pressure in renal artery.
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Bowman's Capsule
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Double walled cup shaped structure that surrounds the glomerulus.
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Efferent Arteriole
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Leaves glomerulus and branches into network of capillaries that surround the proximal tubule.
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Proximal Tubule
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glucose, amino acids, and some salts are forced back out of the tubules into the bloodstream by active transport.
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Loop of Henle
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Sodium ions move out by active transport and release H2O by osmosis.
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