Across
- 2. Tube that allows the exit of urine from the bladder
- 5. Small structure attached to the base of the brain that releases ADH
- 6. Process by which waste passes out of the blood into the nephrons
- 7. Poisonous waste product expelled from the body
- 8. One of a million filtering units in a kidney
- 11. Blood vessel taking unpurified blood to the kidney
- 12. Cup-shaped structure at the start of a nephron
- 14. Solution of urea and salts excreted by the kidney
- 15. Blood vessel taking purified blood away from the kidney
Down
- 1. Tube that carries urine from a kidney to the bladder
- 3. Hormone released from the pituitary gland that controls water reabsorption
- 4. One of two bean-shaped organs that excrete urine
- 9. Process by which useful substances are returned from the kidney tubules to the bloodstream
- 10. Tiny knot of blood vessels found in a Bowman's capsule
- 13. Stores urine before it is expelled from the body