Kidneys
Where do I go?
Homeostasis
What do I do?
What is/What are?
100

How many nephrons are in each kidneys?

Approximately 1 million

100
I go from the urinary bladder to the outside world.
What is the Urethra?
100

What % of water is reabsorbed into the body

80%

100
Blood is under high pressure here and toxins are pushed out of the blood to become filtrates.
What are the glomerulus and bowman's capsule?
100
These include: permeable, impermeable, semi-permeable, and selectively permeable.
What are the four types of membranes?
200
What are the functional (working) units of the kidneys?
The nephrons.
200
We carry urine from the kidneys to the urinary bladder.
What are the ureters?
200

When are drugs and steroids removed from the blood?

Filtration

200
This is where salt and water are reabsorbed.
What is the loop of Henle?
200
When a substance moves from an area of high concentration to an area of low concentration.
What is the law of diffusion?
300

DAILY DOUBLE 4 Answers

What are the four functions of the kidneys?

getting rid of wastes, filtering blood, reabsorption, and formation of urine

300
I can hold up to 16 ounces of urine before it passes through to the urethra.
What is the urinary bladder?
300

DAILY DOUBLE 3 answers

What do the kidney regulate?

The kidneys regulate water balance,electrolytes and the PH of blood.

300

What tubule is directly connected to the collecting duct?

What is the distal convoluted tubule?

300
We are the three structures in the body that are part of the excretory system.
What are the lungs, skin, and kidneys?
400

Where in the kidney are the nephrons found?

cortex

medulla

400
I connect the proximal convoluted tubule and the distal convoluted tubule in mammals and birds. Fish don't have one of me.
What is the loop of Henle?
400

What sphincter is under voluntary control?

external sphincter

400
This is where water balance takes place-the last chance before it exits the body as urine.
What is the collecting duct?
400

We are the three main parts/ areas of the kidney.

What are the medulla, the cortex, and the renal pelvis?

500

What is the name of the filtering unit of the Nephron?

Glomerulus

500
I encapsulate (surround) the glomerulus and catch the filtrates that are pushed out of blood.
What is the Bowman's capsule?
500

What is the third step in urine formation?

Secretion

500

This is where most of the reabsorption happens in the nephron. Where glucose (sugar) and water are reabsorbed and become filtrate.

What is the proximal convoluted tubule?

500
These muscles must relax in order for you to release urine from your urinary bladder and urinate.
What are the sphincters?
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