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Major Organs
Accessory Organs
Kidney Structure
Miscellaneous
100
Two organs whose job is to filter blood
What is kidneys?
100
Removes carbon dioxide
What is lungs?
100
light outer region of kidney
What is cortex?
100
Carries waste laden blood from heart (aorta) into kidneys
What is renal artery?
200
contains urine
What is bladder?
200
Removed by skin
What is water, salts, and urea (small amounts)?
200
Darker, reddish-brown inner struture of kidneys
What is medulla?
200
Carries filtered blood out of kidneys back to heart (via vena cava)
What is renal vein?
300
Tubes for urine to exit kidneys
What is ureters?
300
Converts ammonia into urea
What is liver?
300
Contains small capillaries to begin filtration of waste-laden blood
What is glomerulus?
300
Unable to pass during filtration in glomerulus
What is blood cells and large proteins?
400
Exit of urine
What is urethra?
400
Name another body system excretory depnds on
What is integumentary, circulatory?
400
Contains the glomerulus
What is Bowman's capsule?
400
What does filtrate contain?
What is urea, salts, glucose, water?
500
500,000 per kidney
What is nephrons?
500
Average liters of blood filtered in a day
What is approx. 170-200 liters of blood per day?
500
Between proximal and distal tubules, reabsorbs water and creates a concentrated urine for excretion
What is loop of Henle?
500
Active transport of salts, vitamins, amino acids, salts, and glucoe back into blood via capillaries
What is reabsorption?