The Kidneys

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Across
  1. 3. when the body’s immune system attacks a transplanted organ
  2. 4. transplant the transferring of a kidney from one person to another
  3. 5. __________________ is when some substances ar absorbed back into the blood
  4. 7. produces ADH
  5. 9. reactions the chemical process of breaking down or building substances
  6. 11. a hormone used to regulate how concentrated urine is
  7. 12. the primary substance in urea
  8. 14. important for maintaining homeostasis
  9. 17. part of the nephron that envelopes the glomerulus
  10. 18. main functional unit of the kidney
Down
  1. 1. a bundle of capillaries
  2. 2. the process of removing
  3. 6. twisted parts of the nephron
  4. 8. the ______ transports blood away from the kidney
  5. 10. the regulation of water in the blood
  6. 13. the ______ delivers blood to the kidney
  7. 15. the separation of large and small molecules through a semi-permeable membrane
  8. 16. The part of a kidney tubule that forms a long loop in the medulla of the kidney