Reabsorb: Passive

filtration unit of kidney

the outer layer of the kidney.

Renal Cortex composed of

contain the hormone renin which is released when the blood pressure in the body drops, it is said to increase the blood pressure.

the inner part of the kidney

Distal Convoluted Tubule is lined by ________ w/o bush border

hormone system that regulates blood pressure, fluid and electrolyte balance, and systemic vascular resistance.

U shaped tube

Pelvis, Urinary Bladder, Urethra

• reabsorb or excrete • returns needed substances to your blood and removes wastes

Loop of Henle lining epithelium

change in the blood vessel, rhythm

Macromolecules

• Filtration of blood • remove waste and extra water from the blood (as urine) and help keep chemicals (such as sodium, potassium, and calcium) balanced in the body.

• near the glomerulus

Nephron's 2 Parts:

Renal Corpuscle composed of

collects urine from the nephrons

• bring blood into your kidney's glomerulus (blood vessels that filter your blood). • filtered blood coming out

regulation of blood pressure inside the human body

top of each kidney

PCT is lined by with bush border

Renal Tubules/System affect hormones

• convex lateral surface, both covered by a thin ___________. • The cortex and hilum are covered with _________. • Withstand pressure

produced and released into the blood by the kidneys in response to low blood oxygen levels

Reabsorb: Active

take blood out of your glomerulus.

low levels of oxygen in your body tissues.

small mass of capillaries called the glomerulus housed within a bulbous glomerular capsule.

Far from glomerulus

basic structural and functional unit of the kidney

Ureter epithelium