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CARRIES BLOOD INTO THE GLOMERULUS OF THE NEPHRON
What is AFFERENT ARTERIOLE
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RECEIVES URINE FROM THE MINOR CALYCES TO CONVEY TO THE RENAL PELVIS
What is MAJOR CALYCES
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SPACE BEHIND THE PRITONEAL LINING OF THE ABDOMINAL CAVITY
What is RETROPERITONEUM
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ONE OF THE LABORATORY TESTS USED TO MEASURE THE ABILITY OF THE KIDNEY TO GET RID OF WASTE
What is CREATININE
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RIGHT POSTERIOR SUBHEPATIC SPACE LOCATED ANTERIOR TO THE KIDNEY AND INFERIOR TO THE LIVER WHERE FLUID MAY ACCUMULATE
What is MORISON'SOUCH
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PART OF THE FILTRATION PROCESS; CONTIANS WATER, SALTS, GLUCOSE, UREA AND AMINO ACIDS
What is BOWMAN'S CAPSULE
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RECEIVE URINE FROM THE RENAL PYRAMIDS; FORM THE BORDER OF THE RENAL SINUS
What is MINOR CALYCES
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SMALL, MEMBRANOUS CANAL THAT EXCRETES URINE FROM THE URINARY BLADDER
What is URETHRA
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BLOOD FROM THIS STRUCTURE SUPPLIES THE PERITUBULAR CAPILLARIES, WHICH ALSO SUPPLY THE CONVOLUTED TUBULES
What is EFFERENT ARTERIOLE
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CONVEY URINE TO THE MINOR CALYCES
What is PYRAMIDS
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REFERS TO THE OUTER PARENCHYMA OF THE KIDNEY THAT CONTAINS THE RENAL CORPUSCLE AND PROXIMAL AND DISTAL CONVOLUTED TUBULES OF THE NEPHRON
What is CORTEX
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FUNCTINAL UNIT OF THE KIDNEY; INCLUDES A RENAL CORPUSCLE AND A RENAL TUBULE
What is NEPHRON
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SMALL VESSELS FOUND AT THE BASE OF THE RENAL PYRAMIDS
What is ARCUATE ARTERIES
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PART OF THE FILTRATION PROCESS IN THE KIDNEY
What is GLOMERULUS
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AREA IN THE MIDPORTION OF THE KIDNEY WHERE THE RENAL VESSELS AND URETER ENTER AND EXIT
What is RENAL HILUM
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AREA IN THE MIDPORTION OF THE KIDNEY THAT COLLECTS URINE BEFORE ENTERING THE URETER
What is GEROTA'S FASCIA
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PART OF THE NEEPHRON THAT CONSISTS OF BOWMAN'S CAPSULE AND THE GLOMERULUS
What is RENAL CORPUSCLE
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MEASURES AMOUNTY OF NITROGENOUS WASTE
What is BLOOD UREA NITROGEN
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PORTION OF A RENAL TUBE LYING BETWEEN THE PROXIMAL AND DISTAL CONVOLUTED PORTIONS
What is LOO[P OF HENLE
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CENTRAL AREA OF THE KIDNEY THAT INCLUDES THE CALYCES, RENAL PELVIS, RENAL VESSELS, FAT, NERVES, AND LYMPHATICS
What is RENAL SINUS
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AREA OF KIDNEY WHERE VESSELS, URETER, AND LYMPHATICS ENTER AND EXIT
What is HILUS
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AREA IN THE MIDPORTION OF THE KIDNEY THAT COLLECTS URINE BEFORE ENTERING THE URETER
What is RENAL PELVIS
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PART OF THE COLLECTING SYSTEM ADJACENT TO THE PYRAMID THAT COLLECTS URINE AND IS CONNECTED TO THE MAJOR CALYX
What is CALYX
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REFERS TO THE INNER PORTION OF THE RENAL PARENCHYMA THAT CONTIANS THE LOOP OF HENLE
What is MEDULLA
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LABORATORY TESTS THAT MEASURE HOW MUCH DISSOLVED MATERIAL IS PRESENT IN THE URINE
What is SPECIFIC GRAVITY
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