It brings the blood into the kidney to be filtered.
What is the renal artery?
100
The name for the stuff filtered out of the blood
What is the filtrate?
100
It filters blood to remove waste and urea from the blood.
What is the kidney?
100
A burn that causes the upper dermis to be damaged and causes blisters and possible scarring.
What is a second degree burn?
200
The blood vessel that brings oxygen into the skin.
What is the blood vessel artery?
200
Brings filtered deoxygenized blood out of the kidneys.
What is the renal vein?
200
The bend closest to the ball of capillaries.
What is the proximal convoluted tubule
200
It transports waste away from the kidney to the urinary bladder.
What is the ureter?
200
Red (because of excess blood), hot (because of excess blood), swelling (because of excess fluid and blood), and pain (because of the excess fluid putting pressure on nerves.
What is inflammation?
300
The gland that secretes sebum.
What is the sebacious gland?
300
The outside shell of the kidney.
What is the renal capsule?
300
The funnel like structure that collects the filtrate.
What is the Bowman's capsule?
300
The temporary storer of urine
What is the urinary bladder
300
A function of the excretory system that keeps the body warm.
What is insulation
400
This surrounds the hair root and contains DNA.
What is the hair follicle
400
The dent of the kidney that increases surface area.
What is the hillium?
400
Where the urine travels after leaving the nephron.
What is the renal pyramids?
400
The artery that comes directly from the heart.
What is the aorta?
400
A waterproof protein in the excretory system that can be found on hair.
What is keratin?
500
This layer contains collagen fibers which gives skin strength and elasticity.
What is the dermis?
500
The functional unit of a kidney.
What is a nephron?
500
The ball of capillaries.
What is the glomerulus?
500
The muscles in the urinary system that must relax before you can pee.
What are the sphincters?
500
Muscle that contracts in response to cold and/or fear.