Urinary system
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| The "working" parts of the urinary system. | 2 kidneys, 2 ureters, 1 bladder, 1 urethra
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| What is the main function of the urinary system? | formation and removal of urine
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| root word meaning kidney | nephr
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| root word meaning "pelvis" of the kidney | pyelo
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| root word meaning "pertaining to the kidney" | renal
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| basin or collection area within the kidney | renal pelvis
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| What is the tube that transports urine from the kidney to the bladder? | Ureter
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| place where the ureter leaves the renal pelvis | ureteropelvic junction
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| space that hold urine; chalice or cup | calyx
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| the outside part of the kidney | cortex
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| center of the kidney | medulla
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| the structural and functioning unit of the kidney | nephron
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| basin in the kidney that collects urine from the calyx and drains it into the ureter | renal pelvis
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| collection of capillaries in the nephron that resembles a small ball of yarn | glomerulus
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| small tubes that make up the system by which the urine flows through the nephron | tubules
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| small tubes that make up the system by which the urine flows through the nephron | tubules
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| section of tubes closest to the glomerulus | proximal convoluted tubule
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| loop that connects the proximal tubule with the distal tubule | Loop of Henle
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| Tube that connects and carries urine from the tubules to the calyx of the kidney | collecting duck
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| process in which the glomerulus acts as a filter to begin the process of removing the by-products of body metabolism from the blood | glomerular filtration
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| process in the system of tubules by which certain products are eliminated and certain products are reabsorbed | tubular reabsorption and secretion
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