Nephron diagram Flashcards
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Nephron
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Functional unit of the kidney that filters and excretes waste materials from the blood in form of urine
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Renal corpuscle
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Expanded chamber that encloses that glomerulus
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Proximal convoluted tubule
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Reabsorbs water, ions, and all organic nutrients
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Distal convoluted tubule
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Important site of active secretion
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Nephron loop
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Portion of the nephron that produces the concentration gradient in the renal loop
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Collecting system
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Series of tubes that carry tubular fluid away from the nephron
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Collecting duct
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Portion of the collecting system that receives fluid from many nephrons and preforms variable reabsorption or secretion of sodium, potassium, hydrogen and bicarbonate ions
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Papillary duct
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delivers urine to the minor calyx
