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Matching ​Match the description with the corresponding term. a.​nephron b.​glomerulus c.​bladder d.​renal plexus e.​calciferol f.​erythropoietin g.​hilum h.​minor calyx i.​renin j.cortex -​adjusts filtration pressure

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The inner area of the kidney is called the ____________________. ​

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​While daily urine production varies, production of ____ mL of urine per hour is considered normal.

Matching ​Match the description with the corresponding term. a.​nephron b.​glomerulus c.​bladder d.​renal plexus e.​calciferol f.​erythropoietin g.​hilum h.​minor calyx i.​renin j.cortex -​bundle of capillaries

​The urethra in females is ____ cm long.

​The ____ regulates the composition and volume of blood and remove wastes from the blood in the form of urine.

​The interlobar vein connects with the ____ vein at the base of a renal pyramid.

​Interlobar veins unite at the right and left ____veins that exit the right and left kidney at the hilum.

Matching ​Match the description with the corresponding term. a.​nephron b.​glomerulus c.​bladder d.​renal plexus e.​calciferol f.​erythropoietin g.​hilum h.​minor calyx i.​renin j.cortex -​where veins leave the kidney

Matching ​Match the description with the corresponding term. a.​nephron b.​glomerulus c.​bladder d.​renal plexus e.​calciferol f.​erythropoietin g.​hilum h.​minor calyx i.​renin j.cortex -​stores urine

​Urine is expelled from the bladder by an act known as ____.

​The ____ is a small thin-walled tube that leads from the floor of the urinary bladder to the outside of the body.

​Within the medulla of the kidney are 8 to 18 striated, triangular structures called renal ____.

​As long as one-third of one kidney is functional, a person can survive.

​The average capacity of the bladder is approximately 500 mL.

​The right and left renal arteries transport ____ mL of blood to the kidneys every minute.

The nerve supply to the kidney comes from the ____________________ plexus of the autonomic nervous system.​

Each efferent arteriole takes blood from the renal artery to Bowman's glomerular capsule.​

​About ____% of water is reabsorbed from the tubular fluid back into the bloodstream.

The urinary system helps to keep the body in ____________________ by removing and restoring selected amounts of solutes and water from the blood.​