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10 Cards in this Set
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Urethra
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Tube carrying urine from the bladder to the outside of the body
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Cortex
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Outer region of the kidney
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glomerular capsule
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Tiny structure surrounding each glomerulus; Receives filtered material from blood
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calices
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Cup-like divisions of the renal pelvis that receive urine from the renal tubules
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renal pelvis
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Central urine-collecting basin in the kidney that narrows into the ureter
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glomerulus
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Collection of capillaries through which materials from teh blood are filtered into the glomerular capsule
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medulla
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Inner (middle) region of the kidney
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renal tubules
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Tubules leading from teh glomerullar capsule. Urine is formed there as water, sugar, and salts are reabsorbed into the bloodstream
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urinary bladder
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Muscular sac that serves as reservoir for urine
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ureters
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Tubes carrying urine from kidney to urinary bladder
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