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| afferent arteriole | small blood vessel taking blood into the Bowman's capsule of the kidney |
| calyx | cuplike extension of the renal pelvis |
| creatinine | waste product produced by muscle metabolism that is normally eliminated by the kidney |
| efferent arteriole | Small blood vessel which carries blood away from the glomerulus |
| filtration | process in which water and substances in the blood are pushed through the pores of the glomerulus |
| filtrate | plasma-like fluid filtered from the blood in the glommerulus |
| glomerulus | network of intertwining capillaries within Bowman's capsule in the nephron |
| nephron | functional unit of the kidney |
| peritubular capillaries | b lood vessels surrounding the renal tubules |
| reabsorption | process by which water and substances in the filtrate move out of the renal tubule and into the blood |
| renal calculi | kidney stones |
| renal column | support structures between the renal pyramids |
| renal corpuscle | the filtration apparatus of the kidney, consisting of the glomerulus and glomerular capsule |
| renal cortex | outer tissue layer of the kidney just beneath the renal capsule |
| renal hilum | indentation that gives the kidney its bean-sgoaed aooearabce |
| renal medulla | middle layer of the kidney |
| renal pyramid | striated cones that make up the medulla of the kidney |
| urea | main nigrogenous substance found in urine |
| ureter | long narrow tube that conveys urine from the kidney to the urinary bladder |
| urethra | tube that takes urine from the bladder to the outside of the body |
| urinary meatus | the opening to the urethra |
| renal pelvis | funnel-shaped part of the kidney that collects urine |
| secretion | movement of substances form the renal tubules into the nephron |
| renal capsule | fibrous membrane on the outer surface of a kidney |
