Urinary System

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Across

  1. using energy to generate osmotic gradient for reabsorption of water (33)
  2. connect Bowman's capsule to the loop of Henle (26)
  3. hormone system for regulation of plasma sodium concentration and BP (37)
  4. proximal convoluted tubules arises (12)
  5. contains parts of the loop of Henle (7)
  6. hollow muscular organ (15)
  7. low simple cuboidal epithelium (20)
  8. dilated proximal part of the ureter (12)
  9. point of entry and exit of ureter, renal vein and artery (5)
  10. hollow muscular organ (7)
  11. peritubular capillaries of the loop of Henle (10)
  12. wrap around capillaries leaving slits for filtrations (8)
  13. network of capillaries at the beginning of a nephron (10)
  14. collection of renal tubules draining into a single collecting duct (13)
  15. consists of podocytes (14)
  16. connect proximal convoluted tubule to distal convoluted tubule with varying size epithelial cells (13)
  17. transitional becomes pseudostratified columnar and stratified columnar, then stratified squamous (7)
  18. closely packed specialized cells lining the wall of the cortical thick ascending limb of the loop of Henle (12)
  19. contains the renal corpuscles and the renal tubules (6)
  20. tells your kidneys how much water to conserve (20)
  21. pericytes outside the glomerulus, near the vascular pole (31)

Down

  1. simple squamous second part of loop (19)
  2. tubes made of smooth muscle fibers (6)
  3. pericytes in the kidney (14)
  4. transitional epithelium (10)
  5. blood filtering consisting of a glomerulus and Bowman's capsule (15)
  6. simple squamous first part of loop (20)
  7. diverge into the capillaries of the glomerulus (18)
  8. specialized smooth muscle cells that synthesize, store, and secrete renin (21)
  9. area between visceral and parietal layers of Bowman’s capsule (13)
  10. filter waste products from the blood (6)
  11. multiple layers of epithelial cells which can contract and expand (23)
  12. lined with short simple cuboidal cells (24)
  13. formed by straight parallel segments of nephrons and collecting ducts (17)
  14. macula densa, juxtaglomerular cells and extragomerular mesangial cells next to the glomerulus (25)
  15. consists of simple squamous epithelium (14)
  16. tiny blood vessels surrounding proximal and distal tubules and loop of Henle (21)
  17. most proximal part of the collecting duct system (17)
  18. convergence of the capillaries of the glomerulus (18)
  19. cup-like sack at the beginning of the tubular component of a nephron (15)
  20. connect nephrons to a minor calyx or renal pelvis (15)
  21. afferent and efferent arterioles enter Bowman's capsule (13)
  22. basic structural and functional unit of the kidney (7)


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