Down in the Kidneys

(tune: "Up on the Housetop")

Written by: Dr. Kent Van De Graaff

Down in the kidneys much goes on.

Urine is created all day long.

From the glomeruli it soon goes,

Through proximal tubules, where it flows.

Henle is the loop it visits next.

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Distal convolutions pick it up,

And transport it to the papillary duct.

Papillae drain into renal palaces.

The larger ones are called major calyces

The renal pelvis collects it all.

Next thing you know, it begins to fall.

Down the ureters it swiftly goes.

Where it next arrives, everybody knows.

From the bladder urine will flee

Out the urethra when you pee