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Urinary - Coggle Diagram
Urinary
The kidney
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Within medulla
Renal pyramid: extend from cortex to renal sinus, 8-18 per kidney, transport urine from cortex to sinus, the apex is renal papila
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Kidney lobes, where urine is produced
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The nephron
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Renal corpuscle
Glomerulus: afferent arterioles going in and efferent going out, efferent is smaller
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Filtration membrane: fenestrated endothelium, basement membrane, podocyte, filtration slits between pedicels
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Collecting system
Collecting duct
Filtrate is carried through osmotic gradient, water may or may not be reabsorbed
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