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albumin
(a simple form of protein that is soluble in water and coagulable by heat, such as that found in egg white, milk, and (in particular) blood serum.) |
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urea; nitrogen
(a colorless crystalline compound that is the main nitrogenous breakdown product of protein metabolism and is excreted in urine.) |
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bladder; sac
(a membranous sac in which urine is collected for excretion.)
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bladder; sac
(a membranous sac in which urine is collected for excretion.)
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glomerulus
(a cluster of nerve endings, spores and capillaries around the end of a kidney tubule, where waste products are filtered from the blood. The entire glomerulus is enclosed within Bowman's capsule, an epithelial structure.)
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sugar
(any of the class of soluble, crystalline, typically sweet-tasting carbohydrates found in living tissues and exemplified by glucose and sucrose.) |
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sugar
(any of the class of soluble, crystalline, typically sweet-tasting carbohydrates found in living tissues and exemplified by glucose and sucrose.) |
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sugar
(any of the class of soluble, crystalline, typically sweet-tasting carbohydrates found in living tissues and exemplified by glucose and sucrose.) |
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water
(a colorless, transparent, odorless, tasteless liquid that forms the seas, lakes, rivers, and rain and is the basis of the fluids of living organisms.) |
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stone; calculus
(A calculus/calculi is a stone, usually a concretion of material, usually mineral salts, that forms in an organ or duct of the body) |
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meatus; opening
(a passage or opening leading to the interior of the body. eg - urethral meatus, vaginal, ear, mouth, nasal, etc)
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kidney
(each of a pair of organs in the abdominal cavity that assists with the excretion of urine.)
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kidney
(each of a pair of organs in the abdominal cavity that assists with the excretion of urine.)
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scanty; few
(small or insufficient in quantity or amount) |
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renal pelvis
(a funnel-shaped structure in each kidney that is formed at one end by the expanded upper portion of the ureter lying in the renal sinus and at the other end by the union of the calyxes of the kidney)
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ureter
(the duct by which urine passes from the kidney to the bladder or cloaca.)
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urethra
(the duct by which urine is conveyed out of the body from the bladder, and which in males also conveys semen.)
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urine; urinary tract
(a watery, typically yellowish fluid stored in the bladder and discharged through the urethra. It is one of the body's chief means of eliminating excess water and salt and also contains nitrogen compounds such as urea and other waste substances removed from the blood by the kidneys.) |
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urine; urinary tract
(a watery, typically yellowish fluid stored in the bladder and discharged through the urethra. It is one of the body's chief means of eliminating excess water and salt and also contains nitrogen compounds such as urea and other waste substances removed from the blood by the kidneys.) |
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