Language of Medicine chapter 7 UPDATED!!!
Language of Medicine chapter 7 UPDATED!!! arteriole - ANS small artery bowman capsule - ANS enclosing structure surrounding each glomerulus calyx, calix - ANS cup-like collecting region of the renal pelvis catheter - ANS tube for injecting or collecting fluids cortex - ANS outer region; the renal cortex is the outer region of the kidney creatinine - ANS waste products of muscle metabolism; nitrogenous waste excreted in the urine. electrolyte - ANS a chemical that carries an electrical charge when dissolved in water erythropoietin (EPO) - ANS a hormone secreted by the kidney to stimulate the production of red blood cells by the bone marrow filtration - ANS passive process whereby some substances, but not all pas through a filter or other material glomerulus - ANS tiny ball of capillaries in cortex of the kidney hilum - ANS depression or hollow in that part of an organ where blood vessels and nerves enter and leave kidney - ANS One of two bean-shaped organs behind the abdominal cavity on either side of the backbone in the lumbar region. meatus - ANS opening or canal medulla - ANS inner region micturition - ANS urination; the act of voiding nephron - ANS combination of glomerulus and renal tubule where filtration, reabsorption, and, secretion take place in the kidney nitrogenous waste - ANS substance containing nitrogen and excreted in urine
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