reabsorb
Take back in
To reabsorb is to absorb again what was previously released or expelled.
The term appears most often in biology and medicine: kidneys reabsorb water and nutrients from filtered blood, the body reabsorbs a bruise as it heals.
More broadly, anything that takes back in what it once put out reabsorbs it: The company reabsorbed the workers it had laid off.
Blood-filtering organ
- nephronKidney's filtration unit
- tubulesMinuscule hollow structures
- glomerulusCapillary knot filtering blood
- filtrateLiquid after straining
resorption · reuptake · diuresis · antidiuretic · vasopressin · aldosterone · electrolytes · sodium
Include again after removal
Cell engulfs external material
- phagocytosisCellular ingestion of particles
- lysosomeDigestive organelle in cells
- vesicleSmall fluid-filled sac
- membraneThin tissue sheet
receptor-mediated · internalization · cytoplasm · uptake · transport · exocytosis · recycling · degradation
Bone-resorbing cells
- resorptionBody reclaiming its tissue
- calciumElement twenty, builds bones
- mineralsInorganic natural solids
- remodelingAltering existing structures
kidney
Blood-filtering organ
- nephronKidney's filtration unit
- tubulesMinuscule hollow structures
- glomerulusCapillary knot filtering blood
filtrate · resorption · reuptake · diuresis · antidiuretic · vasopressin · aldosterone · electrolytes · sodium · glucose
reincorporate
Include again after removal
endocytosis
Cell engulfs external material
- phagocytosisCellular ingestion of particles
- lysosomeDigestive organelle in cells
- vesicleSmall fluid-filled sac
membrane · receptor-mediated · internalization · cytoplasm · uptake · transport · exocytosis · recycling · degradation · intracellular
osteoclasts
Bone-resorbing cells
- resorptionBody reclaiming its tissue
- calciumElement twenty, builds bones
- mineralsInorganic natural solids
remodeling · osteoporosis · demineralization · skeletal · matrix
- tubular reabsorptionNephron recovery of filtered substances