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QAHS Water and Waste

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Organ which controls water balance in the body.   Kidney  
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Blood vessel which carries blood to the kidney.   Renal Artery  
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Blood vessel which carries blood away from the kidney.   Renal Vein  
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Organ which carries urine from the kidney to the bladder.   Ureter  
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Organ which stores urine until it is released from the body.   Bladder  
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Organ which carries urine from the bladder out of the body.   Urethra  
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Small unit which makes up the kidney.   Nephron  
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Network of capillaries which filters the blood to form filtrate.   Glomerulus  
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Part of the nephron which collects the filtrate.   Bowman's Capsule  
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Part of the nephron which carries filtrate.   Tubule  
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Surrounds the nephron and collects the substances which have been reabsorbed from the filtrate   Capillary  
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Collects the urine made in the nephron and transports it to the ureter.   Collecting Duct  
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Part of the brain which monitors the water content of the blood.   Hypothalamus  
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Organ which releases the hormone ADH.   Pituitary Gland  
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ADH   Antidiuretic Hormone  
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Substance which is completely reabsorbed from the filtrate in the tubule.   Glucose  
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Substance which is never reabsorbed in the kidney.   Urea  
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Substance from which urea is made.   Amino acids  
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Organ where urea is made.   Liver  
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Substances which may be partially reabsorbed in the kidney.   Water and Salts  
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Process by which useful substances are reabsorbed in the Kidney.   Reabsorption  
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Process carried out at the very start of the nephron.   Filtration  
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Effect ADH has on the tubule.   Makes the tubule more permeable to water  
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