Urinary System

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Across
  1. 3. major component of the nephron, includes descending and ascending limbs(3 words)
  2. 6. organic substances found in urine resulting from breakdown of fat molecules
  3. 7. urine is delivered by ureter
  4. 10. tiny cavity extending from apex of each renal pyramid
  5. 11. external structure of kidney, a concave notch on medial surface
  6. 12. tube leading from floor of bladder to the exterior, differs in males and females
  7. 13. a capillary network formed by efferent arterioles
  8. 15. eliminates urine from the body from the collecting duct into renal pelvis, transporting it to the ureters, to urinary bladder, to urethra and out of the body
  9. 16. what glomerular filtrate passes through after leaving glomerular capsule (3 words)
  10. 18. pair of organs in abdomen that remove waste from the body
  11. 19. where remaining blood from glomerulus flows
  12. 21. inner region of kidney revealed through sagittal section
  13. 22. - involuntary urination
  14. 23. fluid left over after modifications to be excreted
  15. 24. functional unit of kidney, structure in which urine forms
  16. 25. important urine pigment, produced by bacterial action on bilirubin in the intestine.
  17. 27. what several minor calyces unite to form
  18. 28. opening of urethra to external environment
  19. 29. long duct urine is channeled into from pelvis
  20. 31. when water, salt, & other molecules are transported from cavity through epithelial tubular cells and into the peritubular capillaries
  21. 32. cavity that urine is delivered into by kidneys
Down
  1. 1. hollow walls surrounding the glomerulus where blood plasma passes
  2. 2. condition from poor secretion of aldosterone
  3. 4. component of the medulla, triangular wedges
  4. 5. process that uses energy to generate osmotic gradient to produce concentrated urine
  5. 8. where arterial blood enters kidney
  6. 9. process by which small dissolved substances (solutes) move from glomerular capillaries to glomerular capsule
  7. 14. outer region of kidney revealed through sagittal section
  8. 17. microscopic subdivisions of small arteries
  9. 20. inward extensions of cortex between the pyramids
  10. 25. nitrogenous waste products
  11. 26. tuft of capillaries that blood is delivered to via afferent arterioles
  12. 30. formed by several large veins, conduct blood out of kidney