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Sodium Reabsorption
The process by which the kidneys filter sodium from the urine and return it to the blood, maintaining fluid and electrolyte balance in the body.
Antidiuretic Hormone
Posterior pituitary hormone that affects urine formation and blood pressure; encourages water reabsorption in the kidney.
Aldosterone
Adrenal hormone that encourages sodium reabsorption by the kidney; concentrates the urine.
Bowman's Capsule
A part of the nephron in the kidney that encloses the glomerulus and where filtration of blood plasma begins in the process of urine formation.
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