What are the two main layers of the kidney?

Which layer of the kidney contains nephrons (to produce urine)?

Which layer of the kidneys contain tubules to collect urine and pass it through the kidney?

The ______________ is the indented area that serves as a passageway for nerves and vessels to enter and exit the kidney.

______________________ are tiny structures in the kidneys where the blood is filtered and urine is formed.

The ______________ receives the blood carried to the kidney by the renal artery and filters it.

The materials filtered out of the blood are picked up by the _____________________.

From Bowman's Canal, the filtered materials are passed to the ___________________ where substances needed by the body are reabsorbed into the blood stream.

Any water and excess waste that remains in the convoluted tubules becomes urine and is passed to the _______________________.

Urine is about _____% water.

The________________, attached to each of the kidneys, is a muscular tube that uses peristalsis to move the urine to the bladder.

The ______________ is a hollow, muscular sac that receives that receives the urine and stores it until it is ready to be emptied.

The ______________ is the tube that carries the urine from the bladder and out of the body.

The opening from which urine exits the body is the

The urethra in males is roughly ____ inches long.

The urethra in females is roughly ____ inches long.

The male urethra carries both ___________ and _____________ but not at the same time.