Urethra - Carries urine out of the body, Ureter - Carries urine to the bladder, Bladder - Stores urine, Cortex - The outer layer of the kidney, Renal Artery - Supplies the kidney with blood, Osmoregulation - The maintenance of the water balance within the body, Urea - The toxic substance which must be removed by the kidneys, Glomerulus - Network of blood capillaries which sits in the Bowman's Capsule, Bowman's capsule - The part of the nephron which the filtrate first passes into, Nephron - The functional units of the kidney which 'cleans' the blood, Ultrafiltration - When substances are forced out of the glomerulus into the Bowman's capsule, Selective reabsorption - Occurs in the proximal and distal convoluted tubules , Loop of Henle - Where water and salts are reabsorbed ,

Kidney Structure & Functions

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