KIDNEYS
HOW MANY KIDNEYS DO WE HAVE?
2
I GO FROM THE URINARY BLADDER TO THE OUTSIDE WORLD.
WHAT IS THE URETHRA?
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?
WHAT DOES HOMEOSTASIS MEAN?
BALANCE
THESE INCLUDE PERMEABLE, IMPERMEABLE, SEMI-PERMEABLE, AND SELECTIVELY PERMEABLE.
WHAT ARE THE 4 TYPES OF MEMBRANES?
WHAT ARE THE FUNCTIONAL (WORKING) UNITS OF THE KIDNEYS?
WHAT IS THE NEPHRONS?
We carry urine from the kidneys to the urinary bladder.
What are the ureters?
This is where salt and water are reabsorbed.
What is the loop of Henle?
What does homeostasis mean in Science class?
WHAT IS the balance between body systems that keep us healthy?
When a substance moves from an area of high concentration to an area of low concentration?
What is the law of diffusion?
WHAT ARE THE 4 FUNCTIONS OF THE KIDNEY?
WHAT IS getting rid of wastes, filtering blood, reabsorption, and formation of urine?
I can hold up to 16 ounces of urine before it passes through to the urethra.
What is the urinary bladder?
This is where pH balance happens and hydrogen ions are secreted or reabsorbed.
What is the distal convoluted tubule?
What are the three functions of the kidneys?
WHAT IS the kidneys regulate water balance, electrolytes and the pH of blood?
We are the three structures in the body that are part of the excretory system.
What are the lungs, skin, and kidneys?
What shape is the kidney?
WHAT IS the shape of a kidney bean?
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?
This is where water balance takes place- the last chance before it exits the body as urine.
What is the collecting duct?
What liquid process happens in the nephrons to keep your body in balance?
What is blood becomes Filtrate becomes Urine.
We are the three main parts of the kidney.
What are the medulla, the cortex, and the renal pelvis?
Can you live without your kidneys?
What is, No?
I encapsulate (surround) the glomerulus and catch the filtrates that are pushed out of blood.
What is the Bowman's capsule?
The first is a passive process and the second is an active process.
What are filtration/diffusion and reabsorption?
This is where glucose (sugar) and water are reabsorbed and become filtrate.
What is the proximal convoluted tubule?
These muscles must relax in order for you to release urine from your urinary bladder and urinate.
What are the sphincters?