Short Answer
Match the renal structure or activity with the correct characteristic.
a.Collecting tubules empty into this structure
b.Stores the urine
c.Passage of substances from the peritubular capillaries into the tubular lumen
d.Carries blood to the glomerulus
e.Tuft of capillaries that forms the filtrate
f.Passage of protein-free plasma into Bowman's capsule
g.Urine is forced through this structure by peristalsis
h.Collects the glomerular filtrate
i.Passage of substances from the tubular lumen into the peritubular capillaries
j.Functional unit of the kidney
k.Supplies the renal tissue with O₂ and nutrients
l.Carries blood from one capillary network to another capillary network
m.Tube through which urine leaves the body
n.Variable water and sodium reabsorption occur here under hormonal control
o.Responsible for the vertical osmotic gradient in the medulla of the kidney
p.Glucose and amino acid reabsorption occur here
-Loop of Henle
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