Across
- 2. Part of nephron that look like a cup, and it surrounds a glomerulus.
- 4. First stage of urine formation.
- 6. Blood vessels that brings blood towards the glomerulus for filtration.
- 11. Internal region of a kidney.
- 13. Specialized cells in the kidney that play a crucial role in the filtration barrier of the glomerulus.
- 14. Specialized smooth muscle cells located in the walls of afferent arteriole regulating blood pressure.
- 16. Organ connecting kidneys to urinary bladder.
- 17. Set of two organs located on either side of the spine.
- 19. Blood vessels that take filtrated blood away from the glomerulus.
- 21. Funnel shaped structure in kidney.
Down
- 1. Production of urine in the kidneys.
- 3. Tiny cluster of blood vessels in the kidney that filters waste and excess solutes from the blood.
- 5. Urine reservoir.
- 7. Structure that contains a renal corpuscle and a renal tubule.
- 8. Cells regulating glomerular filtration rate.
- 9. Many of the filtered solutes and most of water must the returned to the blood.
- 10. Blood vessel that carry blood from the kidney to the inferior vena cava.
- 12. Process of urination.
- 15. The kidney receive blood through?
- 18. Tube that helps urine meet the outside world.
- 20. Sunken part of Kidney for blood flow.