Renal Anatomy Crossword Puzzle
QUESTIONS LIST: medulla : inner portion of the kidney, renin : hormone released by jga in response to low blood pressure which catalyzes the synthesis of angiotensin which works to increase blood pressure, postrenal : type of failure caused by a defect which lies in the urinary tract after it exits the kidney, reabsorption : process in which critical molecules reenter the peritubular capillaries from the filtrate in the tubule, excretion : release of the final filtrate (urine) into the collecting ducts, prerenal : type of failure caused by a defect in the blood supply before it reaches the kidneys, vitamin d : the active form of this hormone is released by the kidneys and works to balance calcium and phosphorus, hematuria : blood in the urine, uti : infection of some part of the urinary tract (abbr.), uric acid : likely chemical composition of a kidney stone found in a gout patient, lipiduria : lipids in the urine, bowmans : capsule which receives filtrate from glomerulus, filtration : movement of small molecules and water from glomerulus into tubule, myoglobin : protein associated with acute skeletal and cardiac muscle injury, ureter : tube connecting the renal pelvis to the bladder, secretion : movement of substances from tubule into the blood of the peritubular capillaries, rta : primary tubular defect affecting acid-base balance (abbr), proteinuria : proteins in the urine, calculi : alternative name for renal stones, agn : lesions of the glomerulus which may be caused by a kidney infection with group a beta streptococci and characterized by red blood cell casts (abbr.)