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maintains electrolyte, acid-base, and fluid balances of the blood
the major homeostatic organ of the body
blood filter and then as a blood processor
allows toxins, metabolic wastes, and excess ions to leave the body in the urine |
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| two, drain urine from the kidneys and conduct it by peristalsis to the bladder for temporary storage |
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| receives urine via the ureters and discharges it via the urethra, stores it temporarily |
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| delivers 1/4 of the body's blood supply |
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| drain the kidneys of blood |
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| tough fibrous layer surrounding the kidney and covered in a thick layer of adipose tissue |
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| funnel urine flowing into the ureter |
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| recessed central fissure, transmits the vessels, nerves, ureter |
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| outer portion of the kidney between the renal capsule and the renal medulla, contains the renal corpuscles, renal tubules, blood vessels, part where filtration occurs |
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| innermost part of the kidney, split into renal pyramids, contains the nephrons, responsible for maintaining the salt and water balance of the blood |
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| papillary region of kidney |
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| loc. where the medullary pyramids empty urine into the minor calyx, transitional epithelium |
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| cone-shaped tissues of the kidney |
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| is a medullary extension of the renal cortex in between the renal pyramids, anchors the cortex, consists of lines of blood vessels and urinary tubes and fibrous material |
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| surrounds the apex of the renal pyramids, passes through here before passing through the renal pelvis into the ureter |
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| surrounds the apex of the renal pyramids, passes through a papilla at the apex into the major calyx |
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| a tubular structure of capillaries that filters blood to form urine |
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| a sac at the beginning of the tubular component of a nephron in the mammalian kidney that performs the first step in the filtration of blood to form urine |
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| portion of the nephron containing the tubular fluid filtered through the glomerulus, continues to collecting duct system |
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| series of tubules and ducts that connect the nephrons to the ureter and participates in electrolyte and fluid balance through reabsorption and excretion, processes regulated by aldosterone, antidiuretic hormone |
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| portion of the kidney that leads from the proximal convoluted tubule/distal convoluted tubule |
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| type of epithelium for: glomerular capsule |
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| type of epithelium for: proximal tubule |
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| type of epithelium for: distal tubule |
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| type of epithelium: ureter |
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| type of epithelium: urinary bladder |
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