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How does blood carry urine to kidney?
Blood carries waste products to the kidney when it is filtered out forming urine.
What does the medullla in the kidney do?
the renal medulla contains capillaries and urine forming tubules
What is the the microscopic structure of the functional unit of the kidney and the of urine production?
The microscopic, functional unit of the kidney and the site of urine-production is the Nephron.
What organ or structure removes waste in the form of urine?
kidney
Urine travels from the kidney to the bladder through what structure?
Ureter
What does the kidney secrete?
The kidney filters waste products out of the blood, ultimately forming urine.
What is another term for nephrolithiasis?
removal of kidney stones or incision to remove a renal calculus
What structure of the kidney receives urine first?
In fact, the kidney dose not receives the urine but it produces the urine by receiving the filtrate from the blood vessels . and the first part wich receives the filtrate is the " glomerus"
What is the urine making structure of the kidney?
juxtaglomerular apparatus
Which structure is the functional unit of the kidney that forms urine?
This unit is called the nephron.nephronnephronsglomerulus/ glomeruli and associated nephronsnephrons
What structure carries urine out of the kidney and where does its go?
Urine goes to the collecting duct then to the Renal Pelvis. Each kidney has one Ureter that carries Urine to the bladder. The urine from the kidneys flows down the ureters into the bladder and is then passed out of the body through the urethra.
Urine is held temporarily in what structure?
it's a simple answer: the kidney (and a simple answerer : its the bladder)
