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What is the outer layer of the kidney called? | renal cortex |
What is the inner layer of the kidney called? | renal medulla |
When material moves back into the blood from the nephron, that is called? | reabsorption |
What hormone works against aldosterone? | Atrial natriuretic hormone |
What is the name of the tube that carries urine out of the kidney? | ureter |
What is the name of the tube that carries urine out of the bladder? | urethra |
What area of the kidney is an expansion of the ureter into the kidney? | renal pelvis |
What parts of the kidney extend between the renal pyramids? | renal columns |
What are of the kidney performs filtration? | nephron |
What part of the nephron is between the proximal convoluted tubules and the distal convoluted tubules? | loop of henle |