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forcing some fluid out through these leaky capillaries.
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The capsule, called Bowman's capsule,
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is there to catch this fluid
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and start it on its way through this series of tubules.
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I talked about different regions of the tubules,
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the proximal convoluted tubule, proximal because it's near the glomerulus,
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the Loop of Henle, this structure that
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stretches down through the cortex into the medulla and then back up again,
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and the distal convoluted tubule which is farther from the glomerulus
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and empties into the collecting duct which
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then moves down through the cortex, through the medulla,
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and into this region of the renal pelvis