Kidneys Key Words

Question 1

Urea

Answer 1

Substance formed by breakdown of protein by the the liver
Waste product that kidneys filter out

Question 2

Regulate

Answer 2

Control/ maintain the rate

Question 3

Nephron

Answer 3

Each kidney made up of about a million
Filtering units

Question 4

Proximal tube

Answer 4

Reabsorbs most of the sodium filtered in the glomerulus

Question 5

Distal tube

Answer 5

Responsible for reabsorbing water

Question 6

Filtration

Answer 6

Kidneys filter unwanted substances from the blood and urine produced to excrete

Question 7

Ultrafiltration

Answer 7

One of the three steps of natural blood filtration in kidneys

Question 8

Hypothalamus

Answer 8

Area of brain that controls body temp, hunger and thirst

Question 9

Negative feedback loop

Answer 9

Controls amount of reabsorption
Returns something to normal level

Question 10

Glomerulus

Answer 10

Specialised bundle of capillaries that filter blood

Question 11

Bowman’s capsule

Answer 11

Part of nephron
Collects blood, filtrate it and sends to renal tube from the further processing to form urine

Question 12

Homeostasis

Answer 12

Self regulating process to maintain internal stability which adjusting to external changes

Question 13

Osmoregulation

Answer 13

Process that regulates water balances and maintains homeostasis

Question 14

Deamination

Answer 14

Remove of amino group from molecules

Question 15

Loop of henle

Answer 15

Conducts urine within each nephron recovery of water from urine