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