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