Kidneys
Where do I go?
Homeostasis
What do I do?
What is/What are?
200
How many kidneys do we have?
Two.
200
I go from the urinary bladder to the outside world.
What is the Urethra?
200
What does homeostasis mean?
Balance.
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
These include: permeable, impermeable, semi-permeable, and selectively permeable.
What are the four types of membranes?
400
What are the functional (working) units of the kidneys?
The nephrons.
400
We carry urine from the kidneys to the urinary bladder.
What are the ureters?
400
What does homeostasis mean in Science class?
The balance between body systems that keep us healthy.
400
This is where salt and water are reabsorbed.
What is the loop of Henle?
400
When a substance moves from an area of high concentration to an area of low concentration.
What is the law of diffusion?
600
What are the four functions of the kidneys?
getting rid of wastes, filtering blood, reabsorption, and formation of urine
600
I can hold up to 16 ounces of urine before it passes through to the urethra.
What is the urinary bladder?
600
What are the three functions of the kidneys?
The kidneys regulate water balance,electrolytes and the PH of blood.
600
This is where PH balance happens and hydrogen ions are secreted or reaborbed.
What is the distal convoluted tubule?
600
We are the three structures in the body that are part of the excretory system.
What are the lungs, skin, and kidneys?
800
What shape is the kidney?
The shape of a kidney bean.
800
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?
800
What liquid process happens in the nephrons to keep your body in balance?
Blood becomes Filtrate becomes Urine.
800
This is where water balance takes place-the last chance before it exits the body as urine.
What is the collecting duct?
800
We are the three main parts of the kidney.
What are the medulla, the cortex, and the renal pelvis?
1000
Can you live without your kidneys?
No.
1000
I encapsulate (surround) the glomerulus and catch the filtrates that are pushed out of blood.
What is the Bowman's capsule?
1000
The first is a passive process and the second is an active process.
What are filtration/diffusion and reabsorption?
1000
This is where glucose (sugar) and water are reabsorbed and become filtrate.
What is the proximal convoluted tubule?
1000
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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