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| they regulate pH and Volume of extracellular fluid |
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| meaning positioned behind parietal peritoneum and against the deep muscles of the back |
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| hollow chamber of kidneys |
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| projections into renal sinus from the wall of kidney |
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| remove metabolic waste and diluting these waste with urine |
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| renal arteries-interlobar arteries-arcuate arteries-interlobular arteries-afferent arteries |
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| route of blood to nephron |
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| house blood capillaries called glomerulus |
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| glomerulus capillaries filter fluid |
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| first step in urin formation |
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| recieves the fluid filtered at the glomerulus |
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| resist bloodflow which backs up blood flow in glomerulus |
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| juxtaglomerular apparatus |
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| comprised by macula densa, regulates renal blood flow. |
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| urine formation begining with the filtration of plasma |
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| urine formation begining with the filtration of plasma |
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| moves from tubular fluid into the blood |
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| from the blood into the renal cavity |
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| mostly water and the same components as blood plasma |
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| pressure forcing substances out of the glomerulus |
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| help maintain sodium balance, water balance, and blood pressure |
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| reacts with angiotensin I to form Angiotensin II |
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