The organ that removes metabolic wastes including urea, excess water, and salts from the blood.

The waste products produced by cellular life processes the most important of which are carbon dioxide, water, urea and mineral salts.

The functional unit of the kidneys which includes the glomerulus, Bowman's capsule and the Loop of Henle.

Which substance is NOT found in the liquid in the highlighted parts of a healthy person?

The area where all of the glucose is absorbed.

The area where the pH of the blood is controlled.

The area influenced by hormones in order to regulate water balance in the body.

The wider of the two arterioles is the...

Recall where in the nephron reabsorption of glucose occurs.

The cluster of capillaries within a nephron.

The organ whose excretory functions include detoxification of the blood and formation of urea.

A nitrogen waste resulting from the breakdown of the amino acids produced during protein digestion.

1 What term is used to describe all of the chemical reactions that take place in living organisms?

The diagram represents the liver and associated blood vessels.

After a meal, how do the levels of glucose and urea in the blood change as the blood passes from X to Y?