Urinary System

3. major component of the nephron, includes descending and ascending limbs(3 words)
6. organic substances found in urine resulting from breakdown of fat molecules
7. urine is delivered by ureter
10. tiny cavity extending from apex of each renal pyramid
11. external structure of kidney, a concave notch on medial surface
12. tube leading from floor of bladder to the exterior, differs in males and females
13. a capillary network formed by efferent arterioles
15. eliminates urine from the body from the collecting duct into renal pelvis, transporting it to the ureters, to urinary bladder, to urethra and out of the body
16. what glomerular filtrate passes through after leaving glomerular capsule (3 words)
18. pair of organs in abdomen that remove waste from the body
19. where remaining blood from glomerulus flows
21. inner region of kidney revealed through sagittal section
22. - involuntary urination
23. fluid left over after modifications to be excreted
24. functional unit of kidney, structure in which urine forms
25. important urine pigment, produced by bacterial action on bilirubin in the intestine.
27. what several minor calyces unite to form
28. opening of urethra to external environment
29. long duct urine is channeled into from pelvis
31. when water, salt, & other molecules are transported from cavity through epithelial tubular cells and into the peritubular capillaries
32. cavity that urine is delivered into by kidneys

1. hollow walls surrounding the glomerulus where blood plasma passes
2. condition from poor secretion of aldosterone
4. component of the medulla, triangular wedges
5. process that uses energy to generate osmotic gradient to produce concentrated urine
8. where arterial blood enters kidney
9. process by which small dissolved substances (solutes) move from glomerular capillaries to glomerular capsule
14. outer region of kidney revealed through sagittal section
17. microscopic subdivisions of small arteries
20. inward extensions of cortex between the pyramids
25. nitrogenous waste products
26. tuft of capillaries that blood is delivered to via afferent arterioles
30. formed by several large veins, conduct blood out of kidney