Excretion
specific name of the blood vessel which leaves the kidney and empties into the vena cava
What is the renal vein?
The name of the type of joint which gives the most range of motion
What is a ball and socket joint?
the organ that makes the akali fluid to protect the sperm from low pH
What is the prostate (gland)?
the tube leading from the kidney to the urinary bladder
What is the ureter?
the material at the ends of bones in a joint to reduce friction
What is cartilage?
The salty area of the kidney where the loop of Henle is found
What is the medulla?
The fluid that lubricates a joint, and is held in a joint capsule
What is synovial fluid?
The hormone which triggers ovulation
What is LH (leutinizing hormone)?
The correct name for cells which nourish the developing sperm cells during differentiation
What are Sertoli cells? (nursing cells not accepted)
The part where the sperm mature and become motile
What is the epididymus?
the term for organisms that have the same osmotic concentration as their environment
What are osmoconformers?
The thick filaments in a sarcomere (have heads)
What is myosin?
The hormone the embryo makes to tell the mother's body that the egg has been fertilized
What is hCG?
The correct term for making "test tube" babies (fertilization outside of the body)
What is IVF (in vitro fertilization)?
the ball of capilaries where ultrafiltration takes place
what is the glomerulus?
They type of nitrogenous waste produced by birds, insects and reptile embryos in eggs
What is uric acid?
These attach muscles to bone
What are tendons?
Where fertilization usually occurs
What is the oviduct (fallopian tube)?
The full name of the part of the nephron which is permeable to salt, but impermeable to water
What is the ascending limb of the loop of Henle
the name for the theory of how muscles contract
What is the sliding filament theory?
A way to treat kidney disease, where the blood is filtered by a machine
What is dialysis/hemodialysis?
The ONE protein that calcium ions bind to, so the actin binding sites are free
What is troponin?
The specific tubes where spermatogenesis occurs
What are seminiferous tubules?
The part of the sperm that carries enzymes to break down the zona pellucida
What is the acrosome (region of the head)?
This is the reaction that prevents polyspermy?
What is the cortical reaction