Kidneys
How many kidneys do we have?
What is Two.
I go from the urinary bladder to the outside world.
What is the Urethra?
What does homeostasis mean?
Balance.
Blood pressure here drives blood in for filtration to happen
What are the glomerulus and bowman's capsule?
What is the main metabolite found in urine?
What is urea?
What are the functional (working) units of the kidneys?
What are the nephrons.
We carry urine from the kidneys to the urinary bladder.
What are the ureters?
What does homeostasis mean in Science class?
The balance between body systems that keep us healthy.
What organs turns ammonia into urea?
What is the Liver
Where is urine produced within the kidney?
What is the renal pyramid
What are at least 2 functions of the kidneys?
getting rid of wastes, filtering blood, reabsorption, controlling water/salt balance, regulating blood pressure, and formation of urine
I can store 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 in maintaining homeostasis?
The kidneys regulate water/salt balance, they remove urea from the bloodstream, and the help regulate blood pressure
This is where PH balance happens and hydrogen ions are secreted or reaborbed this is also where toxins are being actively pumped into the nephron.
What is the distal convoluted tubule?
What is the outer section of the kidney called?
What is the renal cortex
What percent of your kidney function can be lost before you even know there is an issue?
75%
I connect the proximal convoluted tubule and the distal convoluted tubule in mammals and birds. This is where most water is reabsorbed (Fish don't have one of me.)
What is the loop of Henle?
What does erythropoietin do to maintain homeostasis
It signals the release of new blood cells
This is where glucose (sugar), other nutrients, and water are reabsorbed into the blood stream and become filtrate.
What is the proximal convoluted tubule?
What is the name of the area that urine pools in the kidney before being transferred into the ureters
What is the renal pelvis?
What nutrient is urea a waste product of?
What is protein.
I encapsulate (surround) the glomerulus and catch the filtrates that are pushed out of blood.
What is the Bowman's capsule?
What does renin to do maintain homeostasis?
renin responds to a drop in blood pressure by causing the blood vessels to constrict to increase blood pressure (it catalyzes the production of angiotensin)
This is where water balance takes place-the last chance before it exits the body as urine.
What is the collecting duct
What is the name of the structure that comes immediately off the renal pyramid (the first tube urine enters after production in the pyramid)
What is the minor calyx?