URINARY SYSTEM Crossword

Filters your blood and urine daily
A smooth transparent membrane that adheres tightly to the external aspect of the kidney, outside layer; connective tissue keeping substances inside.
cup-shaped structure of the nephron of a kidney which encloses the glomerulus and which filtration takes place
The highest point, tip in the nephron
the long hairpin turn, with a descending and ascending limb, of the renal tubule in the vertebrate kidney; functions in water and salt reabsorption
first section of the renal tubule that the blood flows through; reabsorption of water, ions, and all organic nutrients
small network of capillaries encased in the upper end of a nephron; where the filtration of blood takes place
the small artery that carries blood toward the capillaries of the glomerulus
striped, or striated, appearance of triangular pyramid of segments of the medulla
the cortex of the kidney containing the glomeruli and the convoluted tubules
the largest component of urine; a nitrogenous waste product formed in the liver from the breakdown of amino acids
the amount of filtrate made by the kidneys per minute
removal of a kidney
Function - drain oxygen-depleted blood from the kidneys
extract waste from blood, balance body fluids, form urine, and aid in other important functions of the body