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The Excretory System
Chapter 11.3
The tube through which urine
leaves the body.
Urethra
The poisonous chemical created
by the liver during deamination.
Ammonia
The hormone produced by the
hypothalamus that regulates
water balance.
ADH
Antidiuretic Hormone
Tubes that carry urine to the
bladder.
Ureters
The part of the nephron that
drains into the renal pelvis.
Collecting duct
The outer layer of a kidney.
Cortex
The organ that excretes heat
from the body.
Skin
The transport mechanism by
which water is reabsorbed.
Osmosis
The transport mechanism by
which amino acids are
returned to the blood.
Active transport
A bladder infection.
Cystitis
The network of blood vessels
inside a nephron.
Glomerulus
The process of removing blood
from the body “for cleaning”.
(It is used by people with
kidney failure)
Hemodialysis
A kidney infection.
Pyelonephritis
A toxic substance found with
water in urine.
Urea
The loop of Henle from a
nephron would be found in
this region of the kidney.
Renal medulla
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