Urinary System Review Crossword

Small artery
Active form of vitamin D secreted by kidney
Outer region of an organ
Nitrogenous waste excreted in urine. A product of muscle metabolism
Chemical element that carries an electrical charge
Suffix meaning a substance that forms
Process where some substances but not all pass through a filter
Enclosing structure surrounding each glomerulus
Another word for glomerular capsule
Tiny balls of capillaries
Microscopic blood vessels
One of two bean shaped organs on either side of the backbone
Combination of glomerulus & renal tubule where filtration reabsorption & secretion occur
Substance containing nitrogen & excreted in urine
Process where renal tubules return materials necessary to the body back into the bloodstream
Blood vessel that carries blood into kidney
Hormone secreted by the kidney
Narrowing of blood vessels
Triangular area in the urinary bladder
Major nitrogenous waste excreted in urine
One of the two tubes leading from the kidneys to the urinary bladder
Tube leading from the urinary bladder to the outside of the body
Hollow muscular sac that holds & stores urine
Process of expelling urine