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| Tough, fibrous tissue that covers each kidney and adipose capsule. |
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| An indentation along the concave medial border of the kidney. |
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| An outer, granular layer of the kidney. |
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| An inner striated layer of the kidney. |
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| Radially striated cones in the medulla. |
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| The basic structural and functional unit of the kidney. |
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| Carries blood from the renal artery. |
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| The knotty ball the afferent arteriole forms. |
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| Used to describe the limit of reabsorption. |
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| An examination of the urine. |
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| A hollow muscular organ made of elastic fibers and involuntary muscle, and acts like a reservoir. |
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| Released by the kidneys into the bloodstream, stimulates the release of aldosterone. |
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| A narrow canal urine travels through. |
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| Scanty or diminished production of the urine. |
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| The absence of urine formation. |
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| A toxic condition which occurs when the blood retains urinary waste products. |
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| The inflammation of the kidney tissue and the renal pelvis. |
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| Stones formed in the kidney. |
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| A treatment used for kidney failure. |
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| A condition caused by damaged nerves that control the urinary bladder. |
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| Opening between an artery and a vein. |
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| Vein inserted between the artery and a vein. |
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