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| 1567197679 | Nephron | functional unit of the kidney, selective filter element comprising of a renal tubule and blood vessels, regulate blood composition and pH | 0 | |
| 1567197680 | Cortex | Outer part of the kidney | 1 | |
| 1567197681 | Medulla | middle part of the kidney | 2 | |
| 1567197682 | renal pelvis | inner part of the kidney, urine collects here | 3 | |
| 1567197683 | ureter | urine flows out of kidney via ureter to bladder | 4 | |
| 1567197684 | bladder | collects urine | 5 | |
| 1567197685 | glomerulus | network of capillaries that performs the first step of filtering blood | 6 | |
| 1567197686 | Bowman's capsule (also called renal capsule) | first part of the nephron, surrounds the glomerulus, receives the ultrafiltrate from glomerulus | 7 | |
| 1567197687 | nephron tubules | Filtrate flows from Bowman's capsule to renal pelvis through nephron tubules. Here the filtrate is modified by active secretion of for example toxins into the filtrate and reabsorption of useful substances back into the blood. The final product is called urine. | 8 | |
| 1567197688 | ADH | hormone, promotes reabsorption of water, as a result urine contains less water and is more concentrated | 9 | |
| 1567199373 | draw and label a kidney with the following terms: Cortex, Medulla, Pelvis, renal artery, renal vein, ureter, nephron |  | 10 | |
| 1567207691 | secretion | Unwanted substances like poison can be actively secreted into the blood stream. | 11 | |
| 1567207692 | reabsorption | Useful substances like glucose, minerals, amino acids and some water are taken back in (reabsorbed into) the blood stream. | 12 | |
| 1567207693 | excretion | the process by which waste products of metabolism and other non-useful materials are eliminated from an organism. Note the difference between egestion and excretion: Egestion (also called defecation) is the passing out of substances that can not be digested and used by the body in form of feaces. | 13 |
