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Card 6

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The process in which ammonia is converted to urea.

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Card 7

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The functional unit of the kidney.

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Card 8

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A fine network of capillaries that increase the local blood pressure to squeze fluid out of the blood.

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Card 9

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Vessels that bring blood into the organ.

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Card 10

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Vessels that carry blood away from the organ.

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Card 11

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Filteration at a molecular level.

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Card 12

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The control and regulation of the water potential of the blood and body fluids.

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Card 13

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released from the pituitary gland and acts on the collecting ducts in the kindeys to increase their reabsorption of water

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Card 14

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Receptor cells that monitor the water potential of the blood.

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Card 15

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The part of the brain that contains neurosecretory cells and various receptors that monitor the blood.

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