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The _______________ are the organs that filter water and dissolve waste from the blood.
what are kidneys
True or False. Water is excreted by the lungs, skin and kidneys.
what is true
Are kidney stones good to have?
what is No
True or False. The liver produces urea which is then sent to the kidneys to be filtered out of the blood.
What is true.
_____________ is the liquid excreted by the skin and includes water and salts.
what is sweat
CO2 is excreted by the _____________.
what is lungs
True or False. Salts are excreted by the kidneys only.
what is false. skin & kidneys
Is it correct to say that the organs of urinary system include the kidneys, ureters, urinary bladder and urethra.
What is yes
Renal means _______________.
a. lungs
b. heart
c. kidneys
d. none of the above
What is C. kidneys
True or false. The following are all examples of metabolic wastes:
1. urea
2. oxygen
3. carbon dioxide
4. uric acid
what is false. oxygen is not a metabolic waste
The _______________ serves as a storage for urine.
what is a bladder
True or False. The excretory system removes waste from the body.
what is the true
_____________ is the process of manually filtering the blood when one's kidneys are not funtioning.
what is dialysis
The outer layer of the inside of kidneys is called the _____________.
What is cortex
The waste that falls out of the glomerulus during filtration falls into the ________________.
What is the Bowman's Capsule
The ______________ is a narrow tube that carries urine out of the body
what is urethra
True or False. The urethra is a narrow tube that carries urine from your kidneys to your bladder
what is False. Ureters
Are kidney stones painful?
what is yes
The inner candy-corn looking parts of the inside of the kidneys is called the ____________.
what is medulla
The ___________ carry blood into and out of the kidneys.
a. renal vein & artery
b. glomerulus
c. loop of Henle
What is a. renal vein & artery
The _____________ is the functional unit of the kidneys.
what is a nephron
True or False. Kidney stones are composed of uric acid and nitrogen oxalates.
what is False. calcium oxalates
The glomerulus is a network of ______________ where filtration takes place in the nephron.
What is capillaries
True or False. The steps of the filtering blood in the kidneys are as follows:
1. filtration
2. reabsorption
3. excretion
what is true
Uric acid and urea are examples of ________________ wastes.
what is nitrogenous