The Urinary System
Across
- 1. a thin,flexible,plastic tube that is used to drain urine from the kidney.
- 5. called a stone,is a concretion of material,usually mineral salts, that forms in an organ or duct of the body.
- 7. capsule---is also called Bowman's capsule, is a cup-like sack at the beginning of the tubular component of a nephron in the mammalian kidney that performs the first step in the filtration of blood to form urine.
- 8. action of urinating.
- 10. waste---in the body tend to form toxic ammonia which must be excreted.
- 13. a medical condition characterized by abnormally high levels of nitrogen containing compounds in the blood.
- 15. of the kidneys to produce urine.
- 16. treatment,typically using ultrasound shock waves,by which a kidney stone or other calculus is broken into small particles that can be passed out by the body.
- 17. presence of bacteria in the urine.
- 19. great thirst as a symptom of disease or psychological disturbance
- 20. excretion of abnormally large amounts of ketone bodies in the urine,characteristic of diabetes, mellitus,starvation, or other medical conditions.
Down
- 2. production of abnormally small amounts of urine.
- 3. a condition in which the kidneys filter too much bodily fluid.
- 4. of the walls of the small arteries and arterioles of the kidney.
- 6. a sign of kidney disease and means that you have too much albumin in your urine.
- 9. inspidus---a disorder of salt and water metabolism marked by intense thirst and heavy urination.
- 11. dialysis.
- 12. infection in any part of the urinary system,the kidneys,bladder, or urethra.
- 14. known as a floating kidney and renal ptosis,is a condition in which the kidney descends more than 2 vertebral bodies during a position change from supine to upright.
- 18. chemical that is found naturally in the environment and also produced by industries.