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urea waste material produced by amino acid breakdown
renal artery brings blood to the kidney
renal vein brings blood away from the kidney
ureter drains urine from the kidney and take it to the bladder
bladder storage place for urine
nephron the unit of the kidney where filtration and absorption occur
glomerulus the ball of capillaries in the nephron
Bowman's capsulethe C-shaped tube structure around the glomerulus
filtration diffusion under pressure that happens at the glomerulus
reabsorption taking material that are needed and putting them back into blood
urethra the tube that take urine from the bladder out of the body
excretion process of ridding the body of wastes
urine liquid waste containing water; urea; salts; other substances
cortex outer portions of kidney (nephrons; glomeruli; convoluted tubules)
medulla inner portions of kidney (Henle's loop & collecting tubules)
filtrate the liquid that passes from the glomerulus to the Bowman's capsule
antidiuretic the hormone that causes kidneys to reabsorb more water back to blood