Urinary System

The first part of the nephron tubule, it uses active transport to reabsorb sodium and chloride ions, sugars, and water from the filtrate.

• collecting duct

• proximal convoluted tubule

• renal corpuscle

• distal convoluted tubule

the functional unit within a kidney

• glomerulus

• renal cortex

• nephron

• medulla

the nephron structure that consists of a ball of blood capillaries and the surrounding tube that is the start of the nephron

• glomerular capsule

• renal corpuscle

• nephron

• loop of henle

the organ primarily responsible for filtering toxins out of the blood, regulating water, salt and pH in the blood, and for making urine

• liver

• thymus

• bladder

• kidney

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The inner layer of the kidneys housing the deeper nephron loops and collecting tubules that deliver urine to the center

• renal medulla

• renal nephron

• renal cortex

• Glomerulus

The compound made from nitrogenous metabolic wastes that the kidneys are responsible for filtering out.

• urea

• gluco hormones

• urine

• ions

The act of drawing urea out of the collecting duct, to draw water out of the nephron loop, only to put that urea back in the filtrate a few steps back.

• resecretion

• absorption

• urea recycling

• loop of henle

Meaning "behind the abdominal cavity", this term describes organs like the kidneys that lie posterior to the abdomen serous membrane

• posteroabdominal

• retroabdominal

• retroperitoneal

• anterolateral

The part of the nephron tubule that dips into the renal medulla, and returns to the renal cortex, actively removing salts from the filtrate to build up a concentration gradient.

• glomerulus

• proximal convoluted tubule

• renal corpuscle

• nephron loop

The final part of the nephron tubule that does some final reabsorption and excretion, and carries urine to the collecting duct.

• distal convoluted tubule

• renal corpuscle

• proximal convoluted tubule

• Bowman's capsule