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| Structural and functional unit of the kidney |
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| Capillary tuft of the nephron |
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| Structure receiving fluid from the glomerulus and processing it to form urine |
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| Glomerular Capsule or Bowman's Capsule |
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| In the kideny, blood moves from the afferent arterioles and then enters the capillaries of the glomerulus and then filters into this. |
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| Structure of the nephron through which filtrate passes after the proximal convoluted tubule |
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| Part of the renal cortex where water, ions, and nutrients are absorbed and returned to the blood stream |
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