Chapter 14 A&P Flashcards
The tuft of capillaries found in the renal corpuscle
Glomerulus
The tubular structure that leaves the urinary bladder and carries urine out of the body
Urethra
The renal ___ is the first part of the nephron
corpuscle
Process by which substances that the body needs to eliminate in greater amounts than were filtered in the renal corpuscle are moved from the blood in the peritubular capillaries into the tubules of the nephron
Tubular Secretion
Process by which some substances that were filtered out of the blood in the renal corpuscle, but are still needed in the body, are returned from the tubules of the nephron to the blood in the peritubular capillaries
Tubular Resorption
The outer portion of the kidney
Renal Cortex
The muscular tube that moves urine from the kidney to the urinary bladder
Ureter
The ___ is the part of the nephron that dips into the renal medulla
Loop of Henle
The inner part of the kidney
Renal Medulla
The indented part of the kidney where blood and lymph vessels, nerves, and the ureter enter and leave the organ
Hilus
The arteriole that carries blood into the glomerulus of the renal corpuscle
Afferent Arteriole
The basic funtional unit of the kidney
Nephron
The ___ vein carries purified blood out of the kidney
Renal vein
The arteriole that carries blood out of the glomerulus of the renal corpuscle
Efferent arterioles
The ___ kidney is located more caudal in the abdomen than the other kidney
Left
