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SBGR ALH 165 Urinary System (2012 LS)

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Urinary system   Eliminates excess water, salts and physiological wastes by producing urine  
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Kidneys   Perform the excretory functions of the urinary system  
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Urine   A fluid containing water, ions and small soluble compounds  
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Ureters   Receives the urine from the kidneys and conducts it to the urinary bladder  
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Urinary bladder   Receives and stores urine prior to its elimination from the body  
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Urination   Ejection of urine  
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Urethra   Passageway that conducts urine from the urinary bladder to the outside of the body  
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Hilum   Point of entry for the renal artery and renal nerves  
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Renal cortex   Superficial region of the kidney in contact with the fibrous capsule  
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Renal medulla   Extends from the renal cortex to the renal sinus  
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Renal pyramid   Conical structure extending from the cortex to the renal sinus  
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Renal column   Separates adjacent pyramids  
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Nephron   Microscopic structure that performs essential functions of the kidney  
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Renal corpuscle   Spherical structure consisting of the glomerular capsule and the glomerulus  
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Nephron loop   Establishes an osmotic gradient in the renal medulla  
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Collecting system   A series of tubes that carry tubular fluid away from the nephron  
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Cortical nephrons   Make up 85% of all nephrons and are located almost entirely within the superficial cortex of the kidney  
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Glomerulus   Capillary knot  
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Vasa recta   Long, straight capillaries that parallel the nephron loop  
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Urea   By-product of the breakdown of amino acids in the liver  
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Creatinine   Generated in skeletal muscle tissue through the breakdown of creatine phosphate  
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Uric acid   Waste product formed during the recycling of the nitrogenous bases of RNA molecules  
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Filtration   Blood pressure forces water and solutes across the membranes of the glomerular capillaries and into the capsular space  
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Reabsorption   Removal of water and solutes from the tubular fluid and their movement across the tubular epithelium and into the peritubular fluid  
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Secretion   Transport of solutes from the peritubular fluid, across the tubular epithelium, and into the tubular fluid  
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