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Afferent Arteriole a vessel that supplies blood to the nephrons in the human kidney |
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Bowman's capsule a small folded structure in the human kidney that encircles the glomerulus |
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Contractile Vacuole a structure in a single-celled organism that maintains osmotic equilibrium by pumping excess fluid out of the cell |
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Distal Convoluted Tubule the duct portion of a nephron that connects the loop of Henle to the ducts that lead to the renal pelvis |
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Efferent Arteriole a vessel that carries away filtered blood from the nephrons in the human kidney |
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Glomerulus a network of capillaries within the Bowman's capsule that performs the first step in the filtration of blood |
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Hyperosmotic the property of the solution on one side of a selectively permeable membrane that has the lower concentration of water |
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Hypoosmotic the property of two solutions that have equal water concentrations |
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Isoosmotic the property of two solutions that have equal water concentrations |
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Loop of Henle the U-shaped part of the duct that connects the proximal convoluted tubule to the distal convoluted tubule |
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