Urethra, Carries urine out of the body, Ureter, Carries urine to the bladder, Bladder, Stores urine, Medulla, Where the nephrons are found, Cortex, The outer layer of the kidney, Renal Artery, Supplies the kidney with blood, Calyx, Chambers through which the urine passes, 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, Bowman's capsule, The part of the nephron which the filtrate first passes into, Nephron, The functional unit of the kidney, 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 is reabsorbed .

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