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cyst/o
vesic/o
bladder or sac
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gluc/o
glyc/o
glucos/o
sugar
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ket/o
keton/o
ketone bodies
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kidneys
filter blood and secrete impurities-urine
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calyces (calices)
ducts carrying urine from nephron to the renal pelvis
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nephron
- functional unit of the kidney
- forms urine
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glomerulus
cluster of capillaries at beginning of nephron
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Bowman's capsule
encloses glomerulus
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rental tubule
stem portion of the nephron
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ureter
tube that carries urine from kidney to bladder
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renal pelvis
basin-"top" of ureter within the kidney
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ureteropelvic junction
point of connection between the renal pelvis and ureter
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urinary bladder
sac holding urine
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urethra
single canal, carries urine to ouside of body
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urethral meatus
opening in the urethra to the outside of the body
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urea
waste product formed in liver, filtered by kidneys, out through urine
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creatinine
- waste product of muscle metabolism
- filtered out of blood by kidneys
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