Across
- 4. Filter blood to form urine
- 6. Kidney disease that causes fluid filled cysts to grow in the kidneys
- 7. Tubes made of smooth muscle that carries urine from kidneys to bladder
- 10. Hormone that stimulates bone marrow to make red blood cells
- 11. Build up of waste in the blood
- 12. Balance of chemicals and fluid in the body
- 13. Where urine is stored
Down
- 1. Each kidney weighs about 1/4 to 1/2 lb and is about the size of this
- 2. Functional unit of the kidney
- 3. Ball of capillaries in each nephron where water and small solutes are forced through filtration slits by the pressure of the beating heart
- 5. Number 2 cause of kidney failure
- 8. Final pathway for elimination of urine
- 9. Number 1 cause of kidney failure