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| triangular wedges of medullary tissue |
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| which artery brings blood to the kidney |
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| this delivers urine from the kidney to the bladder |
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| collapsible bag behind the pubic symphysis |
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| this structure is part of both the urinary and reproductive systems |
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renal corpuscle
proximal convoluted tubule
loop of henle
distal convoluted tubule
collecting duct |
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| the cub shaped part of the nephron |
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| network of capillaries in the bowman's capsule |
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| this portion of the nephron has thousands of microvilli |
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| portion of the nephron that has a descending limb, sharp turn and ascending limb |
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| portion of the nephron that contains mechanoreceptors called juxtoglomular cells |
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| many of these form the renal pyramids |
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potassium
sodium
chloride
urea |
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| if the kidney fail, there wont be sufficient amounts of ? |
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| this occurs in the renal corpuscle because of a gradient |
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| more than 2/3 of filtrate is reabsorbed in this location |
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| movement of molecules into the blood |
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| movement of molecules out of the blood |
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| nitrogen containing waste |
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| contents flow in opposite direction in loop of henle |
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| which hormone causes the distal tubule and collecting ducts to be more permeable |
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| this ion causes a positive electrical gradient which draws ions of chloride and phosphate into blood |
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| when ions increase in blood it causes blood to become what in terms of osmosis to the tubule |
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| which two macromolecules are reabsorbed due to active transport termed sodium cotransport |
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| in this location of the loop of henle, ions are pumped out, water stays in |
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| osmolar concentration after the loop of henle |
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