Functions
This is the main job of the kidneys.
What is filtering waste from the blood?
Most people have this number of kidneys.
What is two?
This yellow fluid is produced by the kidneys.
What is urine?
This painful condition involves hard deposits forming in the kidneys.
What are kidney stones?
True or false: You can live with only one kidney.
What is true?
This hormone, made by the kidneys, helps your body produce red blood cells.
What is erythropoietin?
This is the outer layer of the kidney.
What is the renal cortex?
Blood is filtered through this cluster of capillaries in the nephron.
What is the glomerulus?
When the kidneys no longer filter waste properly, this condition occurs.
What is kidney failure?
Healthy urine is usually dark or light?
What is light yellow?
The kidneys are part of this organ system.
What is the urinary system?
This is the microscopic functional unit of the kidney.
What is a nephron?
These are the three main steps in forming urine.
What are filtration, reabsorption, and secretion?
This chronic condition is the most common cause of long-term kidney disease.
What is diabetes?
True or false: Cranberry juice cures kidney infections.
What is false?
This process helps the kidneys maintain the balance of fluids and electrolytes in the body.
What is reabsorption?
This tube carries urine from the kidney to the bladder.
What is the ureter?
Most reabsorption of water and nutrients happens in this part of the nephron.
What is the proximal convoluted tubule?
This medical procedure filters waste from the blood when the kidneys can’t.
What is dialysis?
Your kidneys filter about this many gallons of blood each day.
What is 50 gallons?
The kidneys help control blood pressure by releasing this enzyme.
What is renin?
This funnel-shaped structure collects urine from the nephrons.
What is the renal pelvis?
This hormone helps the kidneys conserve water when you’re dehydrated.
What is antidiuretic hormone (ADH)?
This autoimmune disease can inflame the kidney’s filtering units.
What is lupus nephritis (or glomerulonephritis)?
Consuming too much of this drink can dehydrate you and stress the kidneys.
What is alcohol (or caffeine)?