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Chapter 11
Urinary System
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Lungs; | carbon dioxide |
| Sweat; | salt/water/toxins |
| Large intestine; | undigested food/feces |
| Kidneys; | nitrogenous wastes/urea/uric acid - urine |
| Nephron; | produces urine |
| Glomerulus; | capillaries inside glomerular capsule |
| Glomerular capsule; | surrounds glomerulus |
| Renal tubule; | proximal convoluted tubule, nephron loop, distal convoluted tubule |
| Glomerular filtration; | fluid moves out of the glomerulus into capsule |
| Tubular reabsorption; | taking back needed substances into the peritubular cappillaries/blood |
| Tubular secretion; | drugs and remaining wastes in the blood goes back into filtrate/urine |
| Kidney stones; | crystals in urine |
| Renal failure; | kidneys no longer function properly - caused by high blood pressure, toxins, disease |
| Dialysis; | machine filters blood, then puts clean blood back into the body |