Kidneys
Nephrons
Where do I go?
What is/What are?
100
How many kidneys do we have?
Two.
100
This is where salt and water are reabsorbed.
What is the loop of Henle?
100
I go from the urinary bladder to the outside world.
What is the Urethra?
100

Blood flows from here into the kidney

What is the renal artery?

200
What are the functional (working) units of the kidneys?
The nephrons.
200
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?
200
We carry urine from the kidneys to the urinary bladder.
What are the ureters?
200

Blood flows from here away from the kidney. 

What is the renal vein? 

300

What are the some functions of the kidneys? (name at least two)

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

300
This is where PH balance happens and hydrogen ions are secreted or reaborbed.
What is the distal convoluted tubule?
300
I can hold up to 16 ounces of urine before it passes through to the urethra.
What is the urinary bladder?
300

The inner area of the renal medulla is made of this.

What are renal pyramids?

400

The outer layer of the kidney

What is the renal cortex?

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

I connect the proximal convoluted tubule and the distal convoluted tubule. Water is reabsorbed through me. 

What is the loop of Henle?

400

Both of these muscles must relax in order for you to release urine from your urinary bladder and urinate.

What are the internal and external sphincters?

500

The inner layer of the kidney

What is the renal medulla?

500
This is where glucose (sugar) and water are reabsorbed and become filtrate.
What is the proximal convoluted tubule?
500
I encapsulate (surround) the glomerulus and catch the filtrates that are pushed out of blood.
What is the Bowman's capsule?
500

The components of a renal corpuscle.

What are the glomerulus and glomerular capsule (bowman's capsule)

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