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| What kidney would have more nephrons, dog or horse? |
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| What are juxtamedullyary nephrons? |
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| long-looped nephrons associated with the vasa recta |
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| What are cortical nephrons? |
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| short-looped nephrons that don't extend into the deep cortex |
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| Area that contains adipose tissue, the renal artery, renal vein & beginning of the ureter` |
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| Kidney is surrounded by the... |
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| What is the area cribrosa? |
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| region of the papilla that is perforated by all of the papillary ducts |
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| Tubules immediately adjacent to renal corpuscles are.. |
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| distal convoluted tubules |
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| What do macula densa cells do? |
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| The visceral layer of bowman's capsule contains... |
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| What is the vascular pole? |
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| JG + macula densa + mesangial cells |
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| What is the urinary pole? |
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| where capsular space leads to the PCT |
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| What does the juxtaglomerular apparatus do? |
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| foot processes that form the visceral layer of bowman's capsule & create filtration slits |
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