Across
- 2. medical treatment that filters toxins from blood and excess water
- 5. stimulates red blood cell production
- 6. class of drug that relieve swelling
- 9. pathological condition usually symptomatic of kidney disease
- 12. innermost layer of kidney
- 13. condition that injures structures of kidneys that filter blood
- 15. produced via sympathetic nervous system response
- 17. results from minerals forming crystals in urine
- 19. abnormally elevated blood pressure condition
Down
- 1. measure of kidney function (3 words)
- 3. condition resulting from elevated resting blood glucose levels
- 4. steroid hormone responsible for sodium retention
- 7. nerve that innervates kidney (2 words)
- 8. structure that performs first step in filtration of blood to form urine
- 10. structure that transports urine to bladder
- 11. name of syndrome resulting from elevated cortisol levels
- 14. functional unit of the kidney
- 16. relating to kidney
- 18. structure that creates concentration gradient in inner kidney (3 words)
- 20. removal of kidney