Urinary

Question 1

Pair of organs that filters blood and produces urine

Answer 1

Kidney

Question 2

Outer layer of the kidney

Answer 2

Renal Cortex

Question 3

Hormone stimulated in the production of new red blood cells

Answer 3

Erythropoietin

Question 4

Inner layer of the kidney

Answer 4

Renal Medulla

Question 5

Layer that contains the renal pyramids an blood vessels

Answer 5

Renal Cortex

Question 6

Layer that helps to concentrate urine

Answer 6

Renal Medulla

Question 7

Pair of tubes that carry urine from the kidneys to the bladder

Answer 7

Ureters

Question 8

Sac that stores urine until it is ready to be stored

Answer 8

Bladder

Question 9

Tube that carries urine from the bladder to the outside of the body

Answer 9

Urethra

Question 10

System helps excrete ____ and maintain _____

Answer 10

Waste; Balance

Question 11

Structural unit of kidney

Answer 11

Nephron

Question 12

Responsible for the filtration of blood by removing waste and reabsorbing water and molecules

Answer 12

Nephron

Question 13

Ball of capillaries that is the sight of filtration within in neuron

Answer 13

Glomerulus

Question 14

Leads from glomerulus to the renal pelvis

Answer 14

Renal Tubule

Question 15

Responsible for reabsorption and secretion

Answer 15

Renal Tubule

Question 16

What remains in the tubule will be carried into the ____ and drained out from the ______

Answer 16

Kidney; Ureter

Question 17

What system transports blood to the kidney so they can filter it

Answer 17

Cardiovascular

Question 18

How does the urinary system help regulate blood pressure

Answer 18

Excreting waste and controls the volume of blood

Question 19

What produces the hormone Erythropoietin (stimulates production of new red blood cells in the cardiovascular system

Answer 19

Kidneys