Urinary System

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  1. 3. Solid crystalline masses formed in the kidney, resulting from an excess of insoluble salts or uric acid crystallizing in the urine; may become trapped anywhere along the urinary tract.
  2. 6. Superficial region of the kidney that contains glomeruli, convoluted tubules of the nephrons, blood vessels
  3. 11. The connective tissue covering the external surface of the kidney
  4. 12. Cleanses the blood. Rids the body of wastes. Maintains salt and water balance.
  5. 14. The cavity formed by the convergence of several minor calyces, which drain urine from the minor calyxes into the renal pelvis
  6. 17. Divided into pyramids containing the Loop of Henle and collecting ducts; Each medullary pyramid ends in a papilla
  7. 18. part of renal tubule composed of descending and ascending loop, responsible for reabsorption of water, Na+, Cl-, secrete H+
  8. 19. filtering units of the kidney that remove wastes from the blood and produce urine
  9. 20. fluid produced by the kidneys, containing water and waste products (nitrogenous wastes and unneeded or excess substances)
  10. 21. tube that carries urine from the bladder to the outside of the body
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  1. 1. triangular-shaped areas of tissue in the medulla of the kidney; also called medullary pyramids
  2. 2. A ball of capillaries surrounded by Bowman's capsule in the nephron and serving as the site of filtration in the vertebrate kidney.
  3. 4. a procedure to remove waste products from the blood of patients whose kidneys no longer function
  4. 5. cup-shaped structure in the upper end of a nephron that encases the glomerulus
  5. 7. cup that nestles the papilla of each pyramid; collects its urine
  6. 8. organs that remove urea, excess water, and other waste products from the blood and pass them to the ureters
  7. 9. nitrogenous waste product formed in the liver, filtered out of the blood by the kidneys, and excreted in urine
  8. 10. visceral fat that surrounds the kidney
  9. 13. saclike organ in which urine is stored before being excreted
  10. 15. The tubes that carry urine from the kidneys to the bladder.
  11. 16. funnel-shaped reservoir that collects the urine and passes it to the ureter