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 ,

Kidney Structure

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