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Kidneys
Where do I go?
Homeostasis
What do I do?
What is/What are?
100
How many kidneys do we have?
Two.
100
I go from the urinary bladder to the outside world.
What is the Urethra?
100
What does homeostasis mean?
Balance.
100
Blood is under high pressure here and toxins are pushed out of the blood to become filtrates.
What are the glomerulus and bowman's capsule?
100

Calcium oxalate mass that accumulates in any organ of the urinary tract

What are kidney stones?

200
What are the functional (working) units of the kidneys?
The nephrons.
200
We carry urine from the kidneys to the urinary bladder.
What are the ureters?
200

What does homeostasis mean in Science class?

The balance between body systems that keep us healthy.

200

This compound gives urine its yellow color

What is urochrome?

200

When a substance moves from an area of high concentration to an area of low concentration.

What is the diffusion?

300
What are the four functions of the kidneys?
getting rid of wastes, filtering blood, reabsorption, and formation of urine
300

I can hold up to 16 ounces of urine before it passes through to the urethra.

What is the urinary bladder?

300

How do kidneys help to achieve homeostasis?

Balancing pH levels of blood, eliminating waste, regulating blood pressure

300

This hormone regulates the process of red blood cells formation.

What is erythropoietin?

300

We are the three structures in the body that are part of the excretory system.

What are the lungs, skin, and kidneys?

400
What shape is the kidney?
The shape of a kidney bean.
400

These muscles must relax in order for you to release urine from your urinary bladder and urinate.

What are the sphincter muscles?

400

What liquid process happens in the nephrons to keep your body in balance?

Blood becomes Filtrate becomes Urine.

400

This is where water balance takes place-the last chance before it exits the body as urine.

What is the collecting duct?

400

Bacteria from the urethra cling back to the urinary tract and reproduce

What are urinary infections?

500
Can you live without your kidneys?
No.
500

I encapsulate (surround) the glomerulus and catch the filtrates that are pushed out of blood.

What is the Bowman's capsule?

500

Name the three processes that ocurr in the nephon.

What are filtration, reabsorption and urine formation?

500

This is the process where glucose (sugar) aminoacids and sodium are reabsorbed and become filtrate.

What is selective reabsorption?

500

When your kidneys suddenly become unable to filter waste products from your blood. .

What is kidney failure?