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Relating to, involving, or located in the region of the kidneys -
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renal
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There are ... waste products excreted in urine.
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All three waste products excreted in urine are ... compounds.
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nitrogenous
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Urea, uric acid, and creatinine are excreted by the ...
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urinary system.
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Kidneys regulate the volume and chemical makeup of the...
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blood.
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Kidneys lie behind the ...
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parietal peritoneum.
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Kidneys are located in the superior ... region.
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lumbar
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The right kidney is crowded by the ...
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liver.
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The lateral surface of each kidney is... in shape.
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convex
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The medial surface of each kidney is concave and has a vertical cleft called the renal...
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hilum.
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Vessels, ureters, and nerves enter and leave the kidney through the...
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renal hilum.
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Ureters are tubes that carry urine from the kidneys to the....
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bladder.
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The tough, thin layer of fibrous connective tissue called the ... ... adheres directly to the surface of the kidney.
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fibrous capsule
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peri =
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on, above, or around
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External to the renal capsule is the... fat capsule.
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perirenal fat capsule.
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Surrounding the perirenal fat capsule is the...
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renal fascia.
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The two distinct regions of the kidney are the... and...
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cortex and medulla.
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The renal cortex is ... to the medulla.
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superficial
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The medulla consists of cone shaped masses called...
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renal pyramids.
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The apex of the renal pyramid points ...
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internally.
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Striations on the interior of the renal pyramids are tiny urine collecting...
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tubules.
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Inward projecting renal columns are extensions of the renal..., which separate the renal...
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cortex/pyramids.
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A single renal pyramid and the cortical tissue which surrounds it comprises one.. of the kidney.
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lobe
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There are ... lobes in each kidney.
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5-11
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The renal ... is a large space within the medial part of the kidney opening.
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sinus
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The flat, funnel shaped tube at the superior part of the ureter is called the...
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renal pelvis.
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Branching extensions of the renal pelvis form two to three...
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major calices.
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Each major calice divides to form several...
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minor calices.
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The calices collect urine draining from the ... of the...
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papillae of the renal pyramids.
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Kidneys continuously cleanse the...
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blood.
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About ... of the heart's systemic output reaches the kidneys.
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1/4
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Blood is carried from the heart to the kidneys by the ...
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renal arteries.
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The renal arteries branch off at right angles from the...
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abdominal aorta.
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The right renal artery is ... than the left.
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longer
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As each renal artery approaches the kidney it branches off into five segmental ...
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arteries.
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The segmental arteries enter the...
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hilum.
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Within the renal sinus the segmental artery divides into ... arteries.
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interlobar
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The interlobar arteries lie in the renal columns between the...
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renal pyramids.
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arcuate =
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shaped like a bow
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Renal cortical tissue is supplied by small ... ... arteries.
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cortical radial
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The kidneys do/do not clear metabolic waste from the blood.
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do
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The ... is closest to the surface of the kidney.
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perirenal fat capsule
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The renal hilus is on the ...margin of the kidney.
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medial
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The urinary trigone is/is not found at the renal hilus.
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is not
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The renal calices, arteries and veins do/do not occupy the renal sinus.
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do
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Collectively, the renal pyramids are referred to as the renal...
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medulla.
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Renal pyramids are separated by columns of...
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renal cortex.
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The bases or renal pyramids lie next to renal...
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cortex.
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The apex of a renal pyramid empties into a...
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minor calyx
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A renal pyramid and its overlying cortex constitute one renal...
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lobe.
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Blood flow of a kidney: Abdominal aorta to...
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renal artery.
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Blood flow of a kidney: renal arteries to...
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segmental artery.
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Blood flow of a kidney: segmental artery to...
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interlobar artery.
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Blood flow of a kidney: interlobar artery to...
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Arcuate artery
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Blood flow of a kidney: arcuate artery to...
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cortical radiate artery
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Blood flow of a kidney: cortical radiate artery to...
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afferent arteriole.
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Blood flow of a kidney: afferent artiole to...
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glomerulus
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Blood flow of a kidney: glomerulus to...
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efferent arteriole.
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The afferent artiole and the renal pyramid are/are not connected?
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are not
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The glomeruli are are fed and drained by ... and ... artioles
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afferent and efferent
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Microscopic tubes of epithelial tissue that are structural and functional units of the kidneys are called...
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nephrons
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The proximal, distal, and thin segment of each uriniferous, make up a ...
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nephron.
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A glomerulus and its glomerular capsule make up a... corpuscle.
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renal
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The glomerular capsule's visceral layer is made of...
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podocytes.
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