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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.
ADHAntidiuretic 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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