Medical Terminology Chapter 11

an area of indentation on the medial surface of the kidney

enters at the hilum

just beneath the capsule

contains the renal pyramid

triangular-shaped areas within the medulla

an area that drains urine

common area into which the minor calices drain

a large funnel-shaped cavity that then narrows to become the ureter.

the openings into the bladder on its posterior side

the rounded top of the bladder

folds within the bladder

a microscopic structure is the functional unit of the kidney and the site of urine production

the first part of the nephron

a network of intertwining capillaries

the solution of waste products, water, and nutritional substances.  Flows into the priximal convoluted tubule

water and nutritional substances move out of the tubule and return to the blood

water, eletrolytes, as well as amino acids and other nutritional substances are reabsorbed

last place where reabsorption occurs before urine.

making urine