Urinary System Vocab

what is a small branch on a vein which collects blood from the capillaries called ?

• nephron

• a venule

• renal veins

• the secondary bronchi

what is the process of removing excess water,solutes and toxins from the blood in those whose native kidneys these functions in a natural way called

• osmosis

• dialysis

• diffusion

• insulin

What is the largest artery in the abdomen that provides blood to the organs and tissues of the abdomen, pelvis, and legs

• superior vena cava

• inferior vena cava

• Renal Artery

• Abdominal Aorta

what is an ureter

• the duct by which urine passes from the kidney to the bladder

• your private part

• Microscopic projections that increase the surface area diffusion

• a pair of organs in the abdominal cavity functioning in the excretion of urine.

what are the renal arteries ?

• arteries that branch off the aorta and provide the kidneys with their blood supply

• a small branch of an artery leading into capillarie

• a small branch on a vein which collects blood from the capillaries

• a pair of organs in the abdominal cavity functioning in the excretion of urine.

what is a small branch of an artery leading into capillaries called?

• a tree branch

• the primary bronchi

• a venule

• an arteriole

What is a pair of organs in the abdominal cavity functioning in the excretion of urine called ?

• renal arteries

• kidneys

• abdominal aorta

• venule

what are the renal veins ?

• vein that returns blood from the lower body the heart

• veins that drain the Kindey and carry the filtered blood to the inferior Vena Cava

• arteries that branch off the aorta and provide the kidneys with their blood supply

• The spreading out of particles usually across a membrane

what is the vein that returns blood from the lower body the heart

• portal vein

• superior vena cava

• inferior vena cava

• pulmonary veins

what is the movement of material through a membrane in order to maintain homeostasis called

• Photosynthesis

• cytokinesis

• Osmosis

• Filtration

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