Pg 216-222

Question 1

Calciferol

Answer 1

Active form of vitamin D secreted by the kidney

Question 2

Calyx or calix

Answer 2

Cup like collecting region of the renal pelvis

Question 3

Catheter

Answer 3

Tube for injecting or removing fluid

Question 4

Cortex

Answer 4

Outer region of an organ

Question 5

Creatinine

Answer 5

Nitrogenous waste excreted in urine

Question 6

Electrolyte

Answer 6

Chemical element that carried an electrical charge when dissolved in water

Question 7

Erythropoietin

Answer 7

Hormone secreted by the kidney to stimulate the production of blood cells by bone marrow

Question 8

Filtration

Answer 8

Process whereby some substances but not all pass through a filter

Question 9

Glomerular capsule

Answer 9

Enclosing structure surrounding each glomerulus

Question 10

Glomerular

Answer 10

Tiny ball of capillaries in the kidney

Question 11

Hilum

Answer 11

Depression in an organ where blood vessels and nerves enter and leave

Question 12

Kidney

Answer 12

One of two bean shapes organs in either side of the backbone in the lumbar region

Question 13

Meatus

Answer 13

Opening or canal

Question 14

Medulla

Answer 14

Inner region of an organ

Question 15

Nephron

Answer 15

Combination of glomerulus and renal tubule where filtration, reabsorption, and secretions take place in the kidneys

Question 16

Nitrogenous waste

Answer 16

Substance containing nitrogen and excreted in the urine

Question 17

Potassium

Answer 17

Electrolyte regulated by the kidney so that a proper concentration is maintained within the blood

Question 18

Reabsorption

Answer 18

Process whereby renal tubules return materials necessary to the body back into the bloodstream

Question 19

Renal artery

Answer 19

Blood vessel that carried blood to the kidney

Question 20

Renal pelvis

Answer 20

Central collection region in the kidney

Question 21

Renal tubule

Answer 21

Microscopic tube in the kidney where urine is formed after filtration

Question 22

Renal vein

Answer 22

Blood vessel that carries blood away from the kidney and toward the heart

Question 23

Renin

Answer 23

Hormone secreted by the kidney

Question 24

Sodium

Answer 24

Electrolyte regulated in the blood and urine by the kidneys

Question 25

Trigone

Answer 25

Triangular area in the urinary bladder

Question 26

Urea

Answer 26

Major nitrogenous waste excreted in urine

Question 27

Ureter

Answer 27

One of the two tunes each leading from the kidneys to the urinary bladder

Question 28

Urethra

Answer 28

Tube leading from the urinary bladder to the outside of the body

Question 29

Uric acid

Answer 29

Nitrogenous waste excreted in the urine

Question 30

Urinary bladder

Answer 30

Hollow muscular sac that holds and stored urine

Question 31

Urination

Answer 31

Process of expelling urine

Question 32

Arteriole

Answer 32

Small artery