Urinary System Flashcards
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Ureter
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A tube that takes urine from the kidney to the bladder
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Urinary bladder
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Where urine is stored until let out from the body
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Renal cortex
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Outer region of a kidney
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Renal medulla
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Consists of the con shapes renal pyramids, which are in the renal cortex
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Renal pelvis
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Innermost par lot of the kidney that is a hallow chamber
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Nephrons
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Each kidney is composed of 1 million time tubules. They produce urine
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Nephron capsule
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Closed end of a nephron is pushed in on itself to form this. Filtration of blood occurs here. The inner layer of the capsule is composed of specialized cells that allow easy passage of molecules. Then we go to the proximal tubule
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Proximal tubule
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Lined by cells with many mitochondria and tightly packed microvilli
