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Mod 1-9 Anatomic Terms_Urinary System
Question | Answer |
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tiny structure around each glomerulus; receives filtered materials from blood | Bowman capsule |
tubes carrying urine from kidney to urinary bladder | ureter |
tubules leading from the Bowman capsule. Urine is formed there as water, sugar, and salts are reabsorbed into the bloodstream | renal tubules |
inner (middle) region of the kidney | medulla |
muscular sac that serves as a reservoir for urine | urinary bladder |
tube carrying urine from the bladder to the outside of the body | urethra |
cup-like divisions of the renal pelvis that receive urine from the renal tubes | calices |
central urine-collecting basin in the kidney that narrows into the ureter | renal pelvis |
collection of capillaries through which the materials from the blood are filtered into the Bowman capsule | glomerulus |
outer region of the kidney | cortex |