Anatomy crossword puzzle

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  1. 3. a blood vessel in humans and most other animals that takes oxygenated blood away from the heart
  2. 6. Secretion any drugs or excess ions are secreted back into the filtrate in renal tubule to be eliminated.
  3. 10. veins carry filtered and deoxygenated blood out
  4. 13. a knot of blood capillaries where blood is filtered
  5. 16. blood pressure from arteries forces water and other tiny molecules out of capillary and into glomerular (Bowman’s) capsule.
  6. 20. sudden contractions of the bladder produce sensations of urgency, also more common in women
  7. 22. occurs when urine becomes hyper-concentrated with uric acid/calcium crystals that collect in the renal pelvis
  8. 23. as filtrate travels through renal tubules, needed molecules (mainly water) get reabsorbed back into the blood vessel while nitrogenous waste remains in tubules.
  9. 25. function is to filter blood and create urine as a waste by-product
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  1. 1. The last part of a long, twisting tube that collects urine from the nephrons and moves it into the renal pelvis and ureters.
  2. 2. bladder infection
  3. 4. a cluster of nerve endings, spores, or small blood vessels, in particular a cluster of capillaries around the end of a kidney tubule, where waste products are filtered from the blood.
  4. 5. inability to control urination
  5. 7. regulates concentration of the urine.
  6. 8. tube that transports urine to outside of body
  7. 9. a part of the nephron that forms a cup-like sack surrounding the glomerulus.
  8. 11. long, winding tube that transports “filtrate” toward ureter
  9. 12. each of the functional units in the kidney, consisting of a glomerulus and its associated tubule, through which the glomerular filtrate passes before emerging as urine.
  10. 14. a part of your kidney, which is itself part of the urinary tract.
  11. 15. any of the tubes form part of the blood circulation system of the body, carrying in most cases oxygen-depleted blood toward the heart.
  12. 17. muscular sac that stores urine until it is released
  13. 18. two bean-shaped organs, each about the size of a mouse.
  14. 19. tubes that carry urine from renal pelvis to urinary bladder
  15. 21. an infection of the bladder that almost always follows (is secondary to) bacterial infection in the urine
  16. 24. arteries bring blood into kidneys & narrow in the renal cortex