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The hollow chamber of the kidneys |
Renal sinus |
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What does the urinary system remove from the body? |
Certain salts and nitrogenous waste |
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What does the urinary system consist of? |
A pair of kidneys, a pair of tubular ureters, urinary bladder and a tubular urethra. |
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The urinary system helps maintain.... |
Normal concentrations of water and electrolytes, regulates ph, volume of bodily fluids and helps control red blood cell production and blood pressure. |
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Where are the kidneys located? |
Either side of vertebral colour in a depression high of posterior wall of abdominal cavity. |
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The entrance to the renal sinus is called... |
The hilum |
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What arteries supply blood to the kidneys? |
Renal arteries |
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What are nephrons? |
Subunits of the kidneys which performs the function of the organ as a whole (contains around 1 million) |
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The process of urine formation |
Glomerular filtration |
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The main force that moves substances by filtration through the glomerular capillary wall |
Hydrostatic pressure of the blood inside |
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GFR |
Glomerular filtration rate |
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The innner layer of the kidney tissue |
Renal medulla |
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Cone shaped area of tissue within the renal medulla |
Renal pyramids |
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The two parts of a nephron |
Renal corpuscle and renal tubule |
