The kidney

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  1. 6. Role of distal convoluted tubule in addition to reabsorbing material from the filtrate by active transport
  2. 7. Permeability of the ascending limb of the loop of Henle to water
  3. 9. Name given to the filtrate which leaves the collecting duct
  4. 10. Blood vessel which supplies the kidney with blood from the heart via the aorta
  5. 13. Membrane extensions of these specialised cells surround glomerular endothelial cells
  6. 15. Change in concentration of Na+ ions in the interstitial space the further into the medulla one goes
  7. 16. Lighter coloured outer region of the kidney
  8. 18. Another name for pores between endothelial cells of the glomerular capillaries
  9. 19. Tube which carries urine from the kidney to the bladder
  10. 20. In addition to excretion, the kidney carries out this homeostatic function to control water potential of the blood
  11. 21. ADH is secreted from this gland
  12. 23. To large to pass across the connective tissue so not found in the glomerular filtrate
  13. 25. Branching coil of capillaries found inside the renal capsule
  14. 27. Change in water potential of the filtrate as it moves along the descending loop of Henle
  15. 28. 85% of of the filtrate is reabsorbed into the blood here
  16. 30. Ions actively transported out of the epithelial cells lining the proximal convoluted tubule
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  1. 1. These structures increase the surface area of the epithelial cell membrane
  2. 2. Protein channels found in the cell membrane of cells lining the collecting duct. ADH increases the number of these channels in the cell membrane.
  3. 3. Loop of Henle extends into this region of the kidney
  4. 4. Process by which Na+ ions are moved out of the ascending loop of Henle
  5. 5. the process of two liquids flowing in different directions
  6. 8. Process of forming glomerular filtrate
  7. 11. Process used to move glucose/amino acids/chloride ions from the filtrate into the epithelial cells lining the proximal convoluted tubule
  8. 12. Pressure created in the glomerulus as a result of the difference in lumen diameter between the afferent and efferent arteriole
  9. 14. Each kidney contains around 1 million of these structures
  10. 17. Location in the brain where osmoreceptors are found
  11. 22. Diameter if the efferent arteriole compared with the afferent arteriole
  12. 24. Arteriole which leaves the glomerulus
  13. 26. Limb of the loop of Henle which has walls that are highly permeable to water
  14. 29. Movement of water by this process from the filtrate in the collecting duct to the interstitial fluid along its whole length