is the large artery leaving the heart that carries blood to other parts of the body.
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B
the liquid that circulates in the arteries and veins of humans and other vertebrate animals, carrying oxygen to and carbon dioxide from the tissues of the body.
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C
two words: The last part of a long, twisting tube that collects urine from the nephrons and moves it into the renal pelvis and ureters
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bolsa muscular y elástica donde se acumula la orina proveniente de los uréteres.
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a muscular duct or tube conveying the urine from a kidney to the bladder
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G
In the kidney, a tiny ball-shaped structure composed of capillary blood vessels actively involved in the filtration of the blood to form urine
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H
the membranous tube that extends from the urinary bladder to the exterior and that in the male conveys semen as well as urine
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K
either of a pair of bean-shaped organs in the back part of the abdominal cavity that form and excrete urine, regulate fluid and electrolyte balance, and act as endocrine glands.
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L
Three words: the part of a nephron between the proximal and distal convoluted tubules that extends, in a loop, from the cortex into the medulla of the kidney
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M
two words. The second words has M in the first position: is the innermost part of the kidney
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The structural and functional unit of the kidney, i.e. a structure comprised of a set of tubules and its chief functions are blood filtration, osmoregulation, and waste elimination by urine formation
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O
is the outer portion of the kidneybetween the renal capsule and the renal medulla
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P
Two words. "P" is the first letter of the second word: The area at the centre of the kidney. Urine collects here and is funneled into the ureter
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R
are endocrine glands that produce a variety of hormones including adrenaline and the steroids aldosterone and cortisol. They are found above the kidneys
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V
Two words: one of the two very large veins through which blood returns to the heart, one from the upper body and head and one from all of the body below the chest
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W
Two words: A cup-shaped structure around the glomerulus of each nephron of the vertebrate kidney. It serves as a filter to remove organic wastes, excess inorganic salts, and water
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X
three words: The convoluted portion of the vertebrate nephron that lies between Bowman's capsule and the loop of Henle and functions especially in the resorption of sugar, sodium and chloride ions, and water from the glomerular filtrate
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Y
chamber of the kidney through which urine passes. There are many of them
