the posterior abdominal wall, where its blind extremity expands and subsequently divides into several buds, which form the rudiments of the pelvis and calyces of the kidney; by continued growth and subdivision it gives rise to the collecting tubules ...
The hypertonic interstitial fluid surrounding the collecting tubules provides a high osmotic pressure for the removal of water.
After being processed along the collecting tubules and ducts, the fluid, now called urine, is drained into the bladder via the ureter, to be finally excluded from the organism.
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Main article: Renal physiology ...
 See also: Membrane, Cells, Urine, Long, Segment
  
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