Kidney

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    • Kidney
      • Urine
      • Filter blood waste products
      • Transported by ureter tubes from kidney to bladder
      • Stores urine temporarily
      • Urethra tube transports urine from bladder to out
      • Urinary system:
      • 2 kidneys (back + top of abdomen)
      • 2 narrow muscular ureter tubes (for each kidney)
      • Urethra tube
      • Kidney gets oxygenated blood via renal artery and drains deoxygenated blood into renal vein
      Structure
      • Made of outer cortex, inner medulla and fibrous capsule
      • Medulla
      • 12 wedge-shaped structures (renal pyramids)
      • Each apex projects onto cavity (renal pelvis)
      • Narrows to become ureter
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