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1
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Detoxifies blood and makes urea

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Liver

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2
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Remove CO2 and water

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Lungs

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3
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Remove sweat water salt oils and waxes

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Skin

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4
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Filters the blood and makes urine

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Kidney

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5
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The removal of bacterial toxins hormones and dead body cells

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Detoxification

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6
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Disease in which to many toxins cause a liver to become hardened and it stops functioning

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Cirrhosis

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7
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Substance produced by the liver that is made up of amino acids “broken down proteins” blood kidney urine out of the body

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Urea

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8
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Removes organic waste products created by the cells of the body from the blood

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Urinary system

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9
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Functions of the urinary system

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Regulate blood volume and pressure regulates ion concentrations of electrolytes
regulate blood pH concert nutrients
helps detoxify blood

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10
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5 inches long in lower back behind the peritoneum filters blood reabsorbs needed materials secretes urine penus

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Kidneys

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11
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Connect kidneys to the bladder

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Ureters

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12
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Stores urine

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Urinary bladder

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13
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Releases wastes to the outside

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Urethra

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14
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Located above the kidneys on each side

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Adrenal gland

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15
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Inner edge of kidney where blood vessels and ureter enter

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Hilus

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16
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Covered on the outside of the kidney

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Renal capsule

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17
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Functions of kidneys

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Removes waste from the blood regulates concentrations of substances in bodily fluid

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18
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Outer layer filters all materials

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Cortex

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19
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Center reabsorbs needed materials

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Medulla

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20
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Interlayer connects to ureter secretes excess material you’re in

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Pelvis

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21
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In medulla triangular structures

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Renal pyramids

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22
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Drain urine from renal pyramids

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Minor calyx

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23
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Collect urine from minor calyxes and dump into pelvis

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Major calyx

24
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Functional unit of the kidney

25
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Cortical nephron

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Found mostly in the cortex

26
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Juxtamedullary nephron

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Found in the cortex and medulla

27
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Ball of capillaries for material is filtered out of the blood

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Glamerulus

28
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Leads into it glomerulus

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Afferent arterial

29
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Leads out of it

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Efferent arterial

30
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Surrounds the glamourless and collects needed and unneeded material

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Bowmans capsule

31
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Materials are reabsorbed into the blood

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Renal tubule

32
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Reabsorbs 60 to 70% of water and electrolytes

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Proximal convoluted tubule

33
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Reabsorbs 25% of water and most of the NA and C ions

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Loop of Henle

34
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Reabsorbs 5% of water and some electrolytes

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Distal convoluted tubule

35
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Collect urine and connects to pelvis and ureters

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Collecting duct

36
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Carries blood into the kidney has high O2 is dirty

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Renal artery

37
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Carries blood out of the kidney low O2 is clean

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Renal vein

38
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Smaller blood vessels that lead into and run out of the glomerulus

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Arterioles

39
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Needed and unneeded material

40
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Only the unneeded material that is released from the body

41
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Process of urination

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Micturition

42
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Amino acid breakdown from the liver

43
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Broken down creatine that is made in muscle tissue

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Creatinine

44
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Form from breaking down RNA molecules

45
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Kidney process: removal of everything except blood cells from the blood

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Filteration

46
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Process of kidney:Needed material is taking back into the blood

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Reabsorption

47
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Process of kidney: Waste product is deposited into the pelvis

48
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PH of urine

49
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Muscular tube that connects the kidney to the bladder or

50
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Inner layer of urinary tract makes mucus

51
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Two layers circular and longitudinal and squeeze out urine

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Muscularis

52
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Outer protective layer

53
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Blood vessels and nerves layer of the urinary tract

54
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Canex the bladder to the outside of the body

55
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Stretch receptors cause urge to urinate

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Micturition reflex

56
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The release of waste materials from the body

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