Do you know your urinary system?

Type in the most appropriate word or phrase for a structure or organ that corresponds to the description in the hint.
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Last updated: December 16, 2022
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carries blood from the aorta into the kidney
renal artery
carries blood away from the kidney
renal vein
transports urine to a storage organ
ureter
storage organ for urine
bladder
this vessel carries urine out of the body
urethra
carries blood away from the kidney
renal vein
carries blood back to the heart
vena cava
functional unit of the kidney
nephron
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tightly coiled loops of capillaries where plasma filters out of
glomerulus
where the plasma filtrate first collects
Bowman's capsule
first twisted vessel where reabsorption occurs
proximal convoluted tubule
this structure creates a water potential gradient in the medulla
loop of Henle
second twisted vessel where reabsorption occurs
distal convoluted tubule
main structure in the kidney affected by ADH
collecting duct
gland which releases ADH into the blood
pituitary
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