| 6 | urinary system consist of blank organs |
| hilum | an opening for nerves and vessels |
| filter, regulate, and maintain homostasis | excretion functions of the kidneys |
| blood to eliminate waste | filter |
| blood volume and pressure by eliminating or conserving water | regulate |
| controlling the amounts of water and electrolytes that are eliminated | Maintain homostasis |
| renal cell carcinoma | the most common form of kidney cancer, occurs twice more as often in men than in women |
| posterior | the ureter lies on the blank abdominal wall |
| water | the prefix hydr- means |
| wilms tumor or nephroblastoma | malignant childhood kidney tumor |
| renal adenomas | benjgn kidney tumors |
| hematuria | blood in the urine |
| Acute glomerulonephritis | inflammation of the kidneys filtration unit |
| Interstitial nephritis | inflammation of the kidney tissue between the renal tubules |
| Polycystic kidney disease | an inherited disease |
| Acute renal failure | kidneys suddenly stop filtering waste products from the blood |
| Chronic renal failure (CRF), or chronic kidney disease (CKD) | gradual loss of renal function. |
| external urinary meatus | opening of the uretha to the outside in males and females |
| urethritis | infection of the urethra |
| cystitis | infection of the urinary bladder |
| protein loss from the blood | nephrosis is a condition of |
| excess urea in the blood | uremia is a condition of |
| peritoneal dialysis | a method to clean the blood by implanting a catheter into the abdominal cavity is |
| groin | the crease where thigh joins abdomen is the |
| micturition | act of expelling urine |
| hyperkalemia | increased potassium in the blood |
