Across
- 3. when the body’s immune system attacks a transplanted organ
- 4. transplant the transferring of a kidney from one person to another
- 5. __________________ is when some substances ar absorbed back into the blood
- 7. produces ADH
- 9. reactions the chemical process of breaking down or building substances
- 11. a hormone used to regulate how concentrated urine is
- 12. the primary substance in urea
- 14. important for maintaining homeostasis
- 17. part of the nephron that envelopes the glomerulus
- 18. main functional unit of the kidney
Down
- 1. a bundle of capillaries
- 2. the process of removing
- 6. twisted parts of the nephron
- 8. the ______ transports blood away from the kidney
- 10. the regulation of water in the blood
- 13. the ______ delivers blood to the kidney
- 15. the separation of large and small molecules through a semi-permeable membrane
- 16. The part of a kidney tubule that forms a long loop in the medulla of the kidney