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10 Cards in this Set
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Anglomerular kidney
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conserves water by eliminating the filtration process in the renal capsule.
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ammonotelism
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excretion of ammonia directly through the kidneys
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bowmans capsule
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sac at the beginning of the tubular compartment of a nephron in the mammalian kidney. Stores fluid from blood.
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cloaca
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cavity into which intestinal, urinary, and generative canals open in birds, reptiles, amphibians, fishes, and mammals.
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collecting tubule
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tube that connects distal convoluted tubule to the cortical collecting duct
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distal convoluted tubeule
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a portion of kidney nephron between the loop of henle and the collecting duct system
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eurhyaline
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having a wide tolerance to salinity differences
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glomeruli/glomerulus/malpighian tuft
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cluster of capillaries in the nephron of a kidney. function is to remove certain substances from blood before it flows into the convoluted tubule.
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glomus
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small body surrounded by many nerve fibers. Has anastomosis between fine arterioles and veins.
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holonephros
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single kidney arising from several regions of the nephric ridge
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