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What is the process of releasing substances or waste production in the body?

What is the medical term for urination?

Where are the kidneys located in relation to the peritoneum?

What gland sits on top of the kidneys?

What is the deep layer attached directly to the kidney called?

What is also known as the perinephric fat capsule and provides protection and stabilization?

What is the superficial layer that surrounds the kidney and adrenal gland, stabilizing their position?

What is the indentation on the medial surface of the kidney where blood vessels, nerves, and ureter enter/exit?

What is the superficial layer of the kidney that contains most of the nephrons?

What is the middle layer of the kidney called?

How many renal pyramids are typically found in the renal medulla?

What is the tip of each renal pyramid called?

What structures are located between each renal pyramid?

What is a renal lobe composed of?

What structure collects urine from each renal pyramid?

What structure collects urine from the minor calices?

What is the innermost layer of the kidney called?

What is the functional unit of the kidney that is microscopic and actually filters the blood?

From where does the kidney receive its blood supply?

What unnerves the kidneys and can change blood flow and pressure in the nephron?

What are the two main components of a nephron?

What is also known as the glomerular capsule and receives filtrate in the renal corpuscle?

What is a ball of porous capillaries in the nephron that is fed by the afferent arteriole?

What drains the glomerulus and is the only place where a capillary is drained by an arteriole?

What are the specialized cells in the glomerulus that filter blood?

What is produced by the glomerulus and is similar to plasma without protein?

What part of the renal tubule is lined with simple cuboidal epithelium and contains microvilli?

What part of the renal tubule is also known as the nephron loop and has descending and ascending limbs?

What part of the renal tubule passes between the efferent and afferent arterioles and is lined with simple cuboidal epithelium?

Into what structure does each nephron drain, where the fluid is now called urine?

What percentage of nephrons are cortical?

What percentage of nephrons are juxtamedullary?

What is formed by the macula densa cells of the DCT and juxtaglomerular cells of the afferent arteriole?

What does the juxtaglomerular apparatus secrete?

What is the medical term for kidney stones?

What type of epithelium is referred to as mucosa in the urinary system?

What layer contains blood vessels and nerves in the urinary system?

What type of muscle is found in the muscular layer of the urinary system?

What is the connective tissue layer in the urinary system called?

What process causes urine to move and begins every 30 seconds?

What is the smooth, collapsible muscular sac that temporarily stores urine and has a liter capacity?

What is the triangular-shaped area at the bottom of the bladder called?

What forms the detrusor muscle in the bladder?

What is the proximal portion of the urethra in males called?

What part of the male urethra is shared between the reproductive and urinary systems?

What is the length of the urethra in males and females?

What is made from the breakdown of proteins in the body?

What is a metabolite of creatine phosphate found in skeletal muscles?

What is made from the recycling of RNA in the body?

What process occurs in the renal corpuscle, driven by blood pressure, and produces filtrate?

What is the difference between glomerular hydrostatic pressure and capsular hydrostatic pressure?

What is the blood pressure in glomerular capillaries usually measured at?

What is the pressure in Bowman's capsule usually measured at?

What is the amount of filtrate produced by the kidneys per minute?

What regulates blood pressure changes in the kidneys?

What type of regulation involves the secretion of renin?

What is the movement of substances from the renal tubule to the blood, occurring in the PCT?

What is the movement of substances from the blood to the renal tubule, occurring in the DCT?

What is the specific gravity range of urine?

What is the typical water content percentage in urine?

What is the typical daily volume of urine produced?

What is the typical color range of urine?

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