Kidneys
Where do I go?
Homeostasis
What is/What are?
100
How many kidneys do we have?
Two.
100
I go from the urinary bladder to the outside world.
What is the Urethra?
100
What does homeostasis mean?
Balance.
100
These include: permeable, impermeable, semi-permeable, and selectively permeable.
What are the four types of membranes?
200
What are the functional (working) units of the kidneys?
The nephrons.
200
We carry urine from the kidneys to the urinary bladder.
What are the ureters?
200
What does homeostasis mean in Science class?
The balance between body systems that keep us healthy.
200
When a substance moves from an area of high concentration to an area of low concentration.
What is the law of diffusion?
300
What are the four functions of the kidneys?
getting rid of wastes, filtering blood, reabsorption, and formation of urine
300

I can hold up to 16 ounces of urine before it passes through to the urethra.

What is the urinary bladder?

300
What are the three functions of the kidneys?
The kidneys regulate water balance,electrolytes and the PH of blood.
300
We are the three structures in the body that are part of the excretory system.
What are the lungs, skin, and kidneys?
400
What shape is the kidney?
The shape of a kidney bean.
400

I am oxygenated blood 

What is the aorta

400
What liquid process happens in the nephrons to keep your body in balance?
Blood becomes Filtrate becomes Urine.
400
We are the three main parts of the kidney.
What are the medulla, the cortex, and the renal pelvis?
500
Can you live without your kidneys?
No.
500

I have oxygen poor blood

What is the Superior/Inferior Vena Cava

500

The first is a passive process and the second is an active process.

What are filtration/diffusion and reabsorption?

500
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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