How many kidneys do we have?

I go from the urinary bladder to the outside world.

High blood pressure resulting from kidney disease.

Nitrogenous waste composed of water, salts and acid.

The physiological term for urination.

What the is the kidney?

We carry urine from the kidneys to the urinary bladder.

Malignant tumor of the urinary bladder.

This organ prevents waste from metabolism from building up and becoming toxic to the body.

The smooth muscle making up most of the wall of the urinary bladder which contracts involuntary to expel urine from the body through the urethra.

What are the functions units of the kidneys?

I can hold up to 16 ounces of urine before it passes through to the urethra.

Forms when there is excessive amount of calcium or uric acid.

Set of test performed on urine to determine chemical and microscopic composition.

The name of the disorder common to women who have had children and elderly men in which a person increasingly loses control over their micturition reflex.

What are the four functions of the kidneys?

I connect the proximal convoluted tubule and the distal convoluted tubule in mammals and birds. Fish don't have one of me.

Cancerous tumor of the Kidney in adulthood.

Removing of excesses of normal biological molecules, such as ion and vitamins, helps maintain this.

The constriction of this skeletal muscle contracts voluntarily to prevent urine from leaving the bladder.

Can you live without your kidneys?

I encapsulated (surround) the glomerulus and catch the filtrates that are pushed out of the blood.

Multiple fluid-filled sacs (cysts) within and on the kidney.

Microscopic structure composed of a renal corpuscle and a renal tubule.

The bladder is able to expand as urine accumulates within it due to the presence of this type of epithelial tissue.