Across
- 6. Kidneys lie on the ____ wall of abdomen
- 7. kidneys have small vessels leading to them that if damaged can cause problems. _______ or high blood pressure can cause this
- 8. performing exercise immediately post exercise may cause a _______ response
- 9. Procedure donor to put a donors kidneys in the body for use.
- 10. kidneys no longer work well enough to keep the person alive without dialysis
- 11. Complication of CKD, causing swelling.
- 13. Hormone produced in kidneys that respond to decreased circulating blood o2 level in blood.
- 16. inflammation or swelling of glomeruli in kidneys
- 18. Waste product in blood, filtered by kidneys, when muscles contract.
- 20. Functional Unit of a kidney
- 21. Artery that leads blood to the kidney
Down
- 1. Most common cause/risk factor for CKD
- 2. removal of artificial means, of excess water, waste, and toxins from the blood.
- 3. CKD is diagnosed if there is evidence of damaged __________
- 4. Exercise has been shown to lead to ___________ reductions
- 5. best overall index of kidney function
- 12. takes filtered blood out of kidney
- 14. If exercise is performed during dialysis it should be performed during the _____ half of dialysis
- 15. CKD is also associated with other _____ conditions
- 17. CKD patients have a 50%-80% lower _________ capacity
- 19. Key regulator of blood pressure
