Kidneys
How many kidneys do we have?
Two.
I go from the urinary bladder to the outside world.
What is the Urethra?
What does homeostasis mean?
Balance.
This translates as 'ball of yarn'
What is the glomerulus
These cells allow substances to pass except for plasma proteins:
What are podocytes?
What are the functional (working) units of the kidneys?
The nephrons.
We carry urine from the kidneys to the urinary bladder.
What are the ureters?
What is water balance
This is where salt and water are reabsorbed.
What is the loop of Henle?
When a substance moves from an area of high concentration to an area of low concentration.
What is the law of diffusion?
This is the substance the kidneys produce
What is urine
I can hold up to 16 ounces of urine before it passes through to the urethra.
What is the urinary bladder?
What are the three functions of the kidneys?
The kidneys regulate water balance,electrolytes and the PH of blood.
This is structure leads to the collecting duct:
What is the distal convoluted tubule?
The name for the passage of water down a concentration gradient:
What is osmosis?
What shape is the kidney?
The shape of a kidney bean.
I connect the proximal convoluted tubule and the distal convoluted tubule in mammals:
What is the Nephron loop/loop of Henle?
This is the nephron structure between the glomerus and loop of Henle
What is the proximal convoluted tubule.
This is the final passage where water balance takes place-the last chance before it exits the body as urine.
What is the collecting duct?
This is the structure where the afferent & efferent arterioles and DCT interact:
What is the juxtaglomerular apparatus?
This is a function of the kidneys:
What is getting rid of wastes and urine production
I encapsulate (surround) the glomerulus and catch the filtrates that are pushed out of blood.
What is the Glomerular/Bowman's capsule?
These are the 3 activities of the nephron:
What are filtration/diffusion, reabsorption, and secretion?
This is where glucose (sugar) and water are reabsorbed and become filtrate.
What is the proximal convoluted tubule?
These muscles must relax in order for you to release urine from your urinary bladder and urinate.
What are internal and external the sphincters?