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26 Cards in this Set
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The artery that supplies blood to kidney?
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Renal Artery
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The vein that collects blood from the kidney?
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Renal Vein
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The kidney vessels that pass through the renal columns?
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Interlobar Artery/Veins
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The tube that collects urine from the kidney and carries it to the urinary bladder?
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Ureter
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The part of the bladder where the urethra begins?
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Neck
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The folds in the urinary bladder?
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Rugae
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The name for the voluntary urinary sphincter?
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External Sphincter
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The name for the bladder muscle?
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Detrusor Muscle
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The triangular area between the ureteral orifices and the urethral orifice?
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Trigone
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The fibrous covering of the kidney?
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Capsule
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The outer zone of kidney where nephrons are located?
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Cortex
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The arteries that extend up into the cortex and supply blood to afferent arterioles?
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Cortical Radiate Artery OR Interlobular Artery
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The part of the kidney that contains numerous tubules and ends in the renal papilla?
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Renal Pyramid
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The smaller funnel-like structures that collect urine from renal papilla?
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Minor Calyx
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The larger channels that receive urine from minor calyx?
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Major Calyx
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The large central cavity that receives urine before it passes out of the kidney?
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Renal Pelvis
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The depression on medial side of kidney through which structures enter and exit the kidney?
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Hilus
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The cavity just inside the (renal) hilus?
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Renal Sinus
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The loops of capillaries inside Bowman's capsule?
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Glomerulus
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The small vessel that brings blood directly into glomerulus?
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Afferent Arteriole
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The small vessel that collects blood from glomerulus?
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Efferent Arteriole
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The first tube of the nephron that emerges from the Bowman's capsule?
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Proximal Convoluted Tubule
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The nephron tubule that extends down into the medulla and back up into the cortex?
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Loop of Henle
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The next tubule after the loop of henle?
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Distal Convoluted Tubule
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The channel that receives filtrate from the distal convoluted tubule. It extends down through the inner layer of the kidney?
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Collecting Duct
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The net-like mass of capillaries that wind all around the nephron tubules?
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Peritubular Capillaries
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