The process of removing nitrogenous waste material, certain salts, and excess water from the blood
What is excretion
100
Bean shaped, filters waste from the blood
What is kidneys
100
Inflammation of the bladder
What is cystitis
100
The way blood enters the kidney
Abdominal aorta to the renal arteries
100
Outer layer of the kidney
What is cortex
200
Discharge of water products into the environment
What is elimination
200
Small cup-shaped cavities where the urine first enters
What is minor calyces
200
Urolithiasis
What is kidney stones
200
Where the blood passes through to become a liquid
What is Bowman's capsule
200
Renal pyramids
What is divisions of the medulla
300
The maintaining of blood balance and blood pressure
What is homeostatic regulation
300
sac-like organ that stores urine before being excreted
What is urinary bladder
300
Enuresis
What is bed wetting
300
Glomerular filtration
What is start of urine formation
300
Ball shaped coil of capillaries
What is glomerulus
400
hormone that affects body's ability to regulate blood pressure
What is aldosterone
400
where urine is discharged
What is urethra
400
Hematuria
What is blood in the urine
400
6 substances that help to make up the process of glomerular filtration
What is sugar, water, salt, urea, uric acid, creatinine
400
Wavelike contractions
What is peristalsis
500
Most important functional unit of the urinary system
What is nephrons
500
tough layer that surrounds the kidney, provides protection from damage, trauma, etc
What is renal capsule
500
Enlargement of the prostate gland
What is benign prostatic hypertrophy
500
Pathway of urine
What is nephron, glomerulus, bowman's capsule, proximal convoluted tubule, loop of henle, distal convoluted tubule, collecting duct, minor and major calyx, renal pelvis, ureter, bladder, urethra, urethral orifice
500
Average amount of urine excreted a day, normal color of urine, and 2 components of urine
What is 2 quarts, pale yellow to deep golden, 95% water and 5% waste