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31 Cards in this Set
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A cup-shaped capsule surrounding each glomerulus.
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Bowman Capsule
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One of two bean-shaped organs located behind the abdominal cavity on either side of the backbone in the lumbar region.
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Kidney
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Tube leading from each kidney to the bladder.
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Ureter
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Cup-like collecting region of the renal pelvis.
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Calix or Calyx
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Opening or canal.
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Meatus
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A tube for injecting or removing fluids.
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Catheter
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Inner region
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Medulla
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Outer region; the renal cortex is the outer region of the kidney.
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Cortex
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Urination, the act of voiding.
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Micturition
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Tube leading from the bladder to the outside of the body.
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Urethra
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A waste product of muscle metabolism; nitrogenous waste excreted in urine.
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Creatinine
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Substances containing nitrogen and excreted in urine.
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Nitrogenous Wastes
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A chemical that carries an electrical charge in a solution.
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Electrolyte
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A salt (electrolyte) secreted from the bloodstream into te renal tubules to leave the body in urine.
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Potassium (K+)
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A horomone secreted by the kidney to stimulate the production of red blood cells.
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Erythropoietin
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The process of accepting again or taking back. Materials necessary to the body are reabsorbed into the blood from the renal tubules as urine is formed.
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Reabsorption
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Nitrogenous waste excreted in urine.
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Uric Acid
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Carries blood to the kidney.
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Renal Artery
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Sac that holds urine.
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Urinary Bladder
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Central collectiong region in the kidney.
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Renal Pelvis
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Expelling urine (micturition).
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Voiding
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Microscopic tubes in the kidney where urine is formed and where water, sugar, and salts are reabsorbed into the bloodstream.
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Renal Tubules
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A small artery.
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Arteriole
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Carries blood away from the kidney.
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Renal Vein.
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A horomone synthesized, stored, and secreted by the kidney; it raises blood pressure by influencing vasoconstriction (narrowing of blood vessels).
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Renin
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Process whereby some substances, but not all, pass through a filter or other material. Blood pressure forces materials through the filter.
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Filtration
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A salt (electrolyte) regulated in the blood and urine by the kidneys.
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Sodium (Na+)
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Tiny ball of capillaries in the cortex of kidney.
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Glomerulus
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Triangular area in the bladder where the ureters enter and the urethra exits.
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Trigone
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Depression or pit in that part of an organ where the blood vessels and nerves enter and leave.
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Hilum
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Major nitrogenous waste product excreted in urine.
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Urea
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