Kidney Terms

Constantly filter the blood to remove waste products and excess water. 

Pertaining to the kidneys

This is the outer region of the kidney

This is the inner region of the kidney 

Functional unit of the kidney that form urine by the processes of filtration, reabsorption, and secretion. 

This is the return to the blood of some of the substances that were removed during filtration.

Glomerulus

It is a cluster of capillaries surrounded by a cup-shaped membrane called the Bowman's capsule

Blood enters the kidney through the renal artery and flows into the nephron.

This is surrounded by renal cortex + renal medulla, and is where the newly formed urine collects before it flows into the ureters. 

This transport urine from the kidney to the bladder

A hollow muscular organ that is reservoir for urine before it is excreted from the body 

The tube extending from the bladder to the outside of the body