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4
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a smooth transparent membrane the adheres tightly to the external aspect of the kidney, outside layer; connective tissue keeping substances inside.
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fatty mass that cushions the kidney and helps attach it to the body wall
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the small artery that carries blood toward the capillaries of the glomerulus
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the cortex of the kidney containing the glomeruli and the convoluted tubules
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areas of tissue which segregate and dip inward between the pyramids, columns between renal pyramids
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the long hairpin turn, with a descending and ascending limb, of the renal tubule in the vertebrate kidney; functions in water and salt reabsorption
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striped, or striated, appearance of triangular pyramid of segments of the medulla
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14
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the small artery that carries blood away from the capillaries of the glomerulus
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an artery originating from the abdominal aorta and supplying the kidneys and adrenal glands and ureters
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18
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cup-shaped structure of the nephron of a kidney which encloses the glomerulus and which filtration takes place
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Inner tissue layer of the kidney, contains loops of Henle and collecting tubules; contains pyramids
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the highest point, tip
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2
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veins that accompany renal arteries
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3
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first section of the renal tubule that the blood flows through; reabsorption of water, ions, and all organic nutrients
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a structure shaped like a funnel in the outlet of the kidney into which urine is discharged before passing into the ureter
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12
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the portion of the nephron after the glomerulus and apsule; the region of the nephron where the filtrate is modified along its path to becoming urine
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13
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cup-shaped part of the renal pelvis through which urine passes from the renal tubules
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16
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any of the small tubules that are the excretory units of the vertebrate kidney
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small network of capillaries encased in the upper end of a nephron; where the filtration of blood takes place
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