Anatomy
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100
There are two of these organs that help to filter all of the blood in the body and produce urine
What are the kidneys?
100
The kidneys help maintain this by purifying the blood.
What is homeostasis?
100
This function helps to maintain the purity of the blood.
What is filtration?
100
This indentation is where the ureters leave the kidneys.
What is the renal hills?
100
Carries oxygenated blood to the kidneys.
What is the renal artery?
200
A mass of fatty tissue that surrounds the renal capsule to help aid in protection of the kidneys.
What is the adipose capsule?
200
The blood vessels within the nephrons help to purify the blood in this process.
What is filtration?
200
Urea and uric acid are found in high concentrations in urine because they are never reabsorbed back into the blood stream.
What is excretion of nitrogenous-containing wastes?
200
The point of the renal pyramids?
What is the apex?
200
This substance is re-absorbed back into the body and is a main source of energy to the body.
What is glucose?
300
There are approximately five to eighteen of these structures within each kidney.
What are the renal pyramids?
300
The bladder can hold up to 1000 mL in this process.
What is storage?
300
ADH is released in order to tell the kidneys how much water to re-absorb.
What is maintaing the balance of water?
300
A cluster of blood vessels and nerve endings.
What is the glomerulus?
300
The urinary system is also known as this.
What is the renal system?
400
These extensions from the renal pelvis enclose the tips of the renal pyramids.
What are calyces?
400
The process or releasing urine from the body.
What is urination?
400
Ions such as potassium and calcium can either be released or conserved based on their concentrations in the blood stream.
What is maintaining electrolyte balance?
400
An almost insoluble compound that is a breakdown product of nitrogenous metabolism.
What is uric acid?
400
This amount of blood passes through the kidneys each minutes
What is a quarter of the entire blood?
500
The blood vessels within this structure are porous and thus act as filters.
What is the Bowman's capsule?
500
The body takes the necessary nutrients from the filtrate in order for them to be used.
What is reabsorption?
500
The kidneys will either allow bicarbonates to pass into the urine or try to re-absorb them back into the blood stream
What is maintaining proper pH?
500
A set of three muscles that make up part of the bladder wall.
What are the detrusor muscles?
500
In males, this tube is about eight inches long.
What is the urethra?
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