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functions

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Function   get rid of waste  
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Kidneys   located posterior abdominal wall protected by back fat, redish brown  
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Fibrous capsule   outer layer  
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Renal cortex   the lighter outer region  
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Renal Medulla   forms striped, cone-shaped regions called renal phyramid  
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Sympathetic   nerve stimulation  
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Renal Phyramid   houses the neuphron unit  
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Nephron Unit   makes urine, absorbs water  
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Nephron Unit   takes waste out of blood  
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Nephron Unit   Regulates blood volume, regulate blood pressure  
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Calyx   collects the pee from the Renal Phyramid  
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Renal Pelvis   holding tank  
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Ureter   Connects to the bladder, carries the urine to the bladder  
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Glomerulus   Oxygenated blood  
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Aferent arteriole   going in  
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Efferent arteriole   going out  
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Pentubular Capillery   around the tube capillery  
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Bowmons Capillery   helps exchange nutrients from the glonierulus  
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Tubular secretion   moves small amount of substance from blood to tubules  
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Tubular reabsorption   water and disolved substance move from the tubulus into the blood of peritubular capillaries  
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Glomerular filtrate   water and dissolved substances into Bowmans capsule  
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Glomerular filtration   rate at which glomerular filtration occurs  
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Aldosterone   salt retaining hormone, comes from adrenal cortex  
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Renin angiotensin aldosterone system   end result of this system is to increase blood pressure  
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Juxtaglomerular apparatus   barorecpter, located in the afferent arterioles  
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Juxtaglomerular apparatus   secretes renin when senses low blood pressure  
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Artrial natriuretic peptide   sense high blood pressure  
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Urine   95% water  
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Clear Urine   drank a lot  
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Urine   sterile  
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Specific gravity   weight of urine  
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Urine   pH-6  
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Innermost layer of bladder   Mucus  
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Detruser muscle   muscle layer  
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Brain natriuretic peptide   decreases the reabsorption of sodium  
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Brain natriuretic peptide   causes greater excretion of sodium and water by the kidney  
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Antidiuretic Hormone   stimulates the reabsorption of water  
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Parathyroid hormone   stimulates the reabsorption of calcuim and excretion of phosphate  
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Angiotensinogen   Renin activates this to form angiotensin 1  
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Angiotentensin 1   secreted by the liver and circulates within the blood  
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Converting enzyme   enzyme which acts to change angiotensin 1 to angiotensin 2  
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angiotensin 2   stimulates the adrenal cortex to release aldosterone  
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Aldosterone   stimulates the distal tube to reabsorb sodium and water and to excrete potassium  
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collecting duct   ADH likes to work here  
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Secretion   out  
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Absorption   In  
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Adrenal Cortex   Stimulates Aldosterone  
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Distal Tubular   reabsorb sodium  
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ADH   Takes out  
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Diaretic   makes you pee  
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Mucus   lines the organs  
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two   kidneys  
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two   ureters  
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one   bladder  
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one   urethra  
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