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| two bean-shaped organs found embedded in fat against the dorsal body wall caudal to the diaphragm; not suspended in mesenteries, covered by the perionteum only on the portion adjacent to the abdominal cavity (i.e. retroperitoneal) |
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| the mass of fat surrounding the kidney |
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| small, hard glands found just cranial to the kidneys; not part of the urinary system |
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| concavity seen on the medial aspect of the kidney; structures leave and enter the kidney at this location |
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| penetrates the kidney at the hilus; carries oxygen-rich blood (including wastes)to the kidney |
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| leaves the kidney from the hilus and empties into the postcaval vein |
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| outer, lighter portion of the kidney; contains the microscopic renal corpuscles which cannot be seen grossly |
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| darker, inner portion of the kidney; composed of microscopic collecting tubules |
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| pointed end of the renal pyramid seen on the medial aspect of the renal medulla |
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| expanded cavity into which the renal papilla projects; expanded portion of the ureter within the kidney itself |
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| small tubular structure which can be seen leaving the kidney in the area on the hilus; also retroperitoneal and often surrounded with fat |
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| pear-shaped organ which acts as a temporary storage reservoir for the urine it receives from the 2 ureters; rounded cranial area called vertex, narrow caudal end called body |
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| median ligament of bladder |
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| part of the ventral mesentery extending between the urinary bladder and the midventral body wall |
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| lateral ligament of the bladder |
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| often fat filled; laterally placed between the urinary bladder and the body wall |
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| in the male, the small portion of the coelom located between the rectum of the large intestine and the bladder |
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| in the female the small portion of the coelom between the urinary bladder and the uterus |
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| in the female, the small portion of the coelom between the uterus and the rectum |
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| single duct extending from the narrow end of the urinary bladder through the pelvic canal to the exterior; it is this duct that eventually drains the urine from the urinary bladder |
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| ball of capillaries which is almost completely surrounded by the Bowman's capsule |
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| thin, cup-shaped structure surrounding the glomerulus |
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| the glomerulus and Bowman's capsule together; filtration of the blood takes place at this level |
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| numerous; can be identified by noticing their cavities or lumina which are lined with cuboidal epithelial cells |
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| can be seen in the renal pyramid and renal papilla; empty into renal pelvis |
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