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What is deamination

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Removal of an amino group from an organic compound

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Where is the origin of ammonia and organ of removal

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Deamination of amino acids by liver and excretion by kidney

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Origin of urea and organ of excretion

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Deamination by liver and ammonia combined with carbon dioxide and excreted by kidneys

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Origin of uric acid and organ of excretion

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Product of the breakdown of nucleic acids, such as DNA and is excreted by kidneys

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Origin of carbon dioxide and organ of excretion

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Waste product of cellular respiration and excreted through lungs

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Origin of bile pigments and organ of excretion

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Breakdown of red blood cell pigment, hemoglobin and excreted through liver

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Origin of lactic acid and organ of excretion

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Product of anaerobic respiration and excreted through the liver

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Origin of solid waste and organ of excretion

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By product of digestible and indigestible material and excreted through large intestine

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What is a Contractile Vacuole

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Structure in unicellular organisms that maintains osmotic equilibrium by pumping fluid out from the cell

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What are ureters

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Tubes that conduct urine from kidneys to the bladder

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What is the urethra

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Tube that carries urine from the bladder to the exterior of the body

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What is the cortex

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Outer layer of the kidney

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What is the medulla

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Area inside of the cortex

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Renal pelvis

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Area where the kidney joins the ureter

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What are nephrons

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Functional units of the kidney

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Afferent arterioles

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Small branches that carry blood to the glomerulus

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Glomerulus

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High-pressure capillary bed that is the site of filtration

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Efferent arterioles

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Small branches that carry blood away from the glomerulus to a capillary net

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Peri tubular capillaries

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Network of small blood vessels that surround the nephron

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Bowman’s capsule

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Cup like structure that surrounds the glomerulus

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Proximal tubule

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Section of nephron joining the Bowman’s capsule with the loop of Henle

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Loop of Henle

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Carries filtrate from the proximal tubule to distal tubule

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Distal tubule

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Conducts urine from the loop of Henle to the collecting duct

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Collecting duct

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Tube that carries urine from nephrons to the pelvis of a kidney

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What are 3 solutes that can’t enter Bowman’s capsule

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  1. Plasma Proteins
  2. Erythrocytes (blood cells)
  3. Platelets
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What is filtration

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Process where blood or body fluids pass through a selectively permeable membrane

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What is reabsorption

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Transfer of glomerular filtrate from the nephron back into capillaries

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What is secretion

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Movement of materials, such as ammonia and some drugs, from the blood back into the distal tubule

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What is Interstitial Fluid

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Fluid that surrounds the body cells

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What is Antidiuretic Hormone (ADH)

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Causes kidneys to increase water reabsorption

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What are Osmoreceptors

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Specialized nerve cells in the hypothalamus that detects changes in the osmotic pressure of the blood and surrounding extra cellular fluids (ECF)

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What is Aldosterone

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A hormone that increases Na+ reabsorption from the distal tubule and collecting duct