The amber-colored liquid formed in nephrons from substances(such as toxins, urea, water, and mineral salts) removed from the blood by the kidneys
What is urine
100
The process whereby materials from the blood are forced out of the glomerulus and into the Bowman's capsule.
What is filtration
100
The process whereby substances that were removed from the body through filtration are returned to the blood through selective transportation
What is reabsorption
200
The inner two-thirds of the kidney
What is the renal medulla
200
The cup-shaped capsule that surrounds a tight ball of capillaries that retains cells and large milecules in the blood and passes wastes dissolved in water through the nephron
What is the Bowman's capsule
200
Blood in the glomerulus is under ______________ which ensures absorption of water, urea, glucose, bitamins and salts through the glomerulus and into the Bowman's capsule
What is high blood pressure
200
Urine is further concentrated in the collecting duct by the process of __________ through the wall of the duct.
What is osmosis
300
funnel-shaped structure in the center of the kidney
What is the renal pelvis
300
The vessel through which blood leaves the kidney
What is the renal vein
300
The fluid that enters the nephron that does not contain large protein molecules(if the kidney is healthy)
What is the filtrate
300
The fine network of capillaries within the Bowman's capsule