The Urinary System

The terms in here are related to the Urinary System, which is made up of two kidney, two ureters, one urinary bladder, and a single urethra.

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Across 2. failure to complete or normally void urine 4. absence of one or more kidney 7. the salts in the urine that solidify into stones 10. the act which urine is expelled from the urinary bladder 12. a doughnut-shaped gland inferior to the urinary bladder 13. bed wetting 15. areolar connective tissue with elastic fibers and a plexus of vein 17. external to the peritoneal lining of the abdominal cavity 20. floating kidney 23. inability to hold urine inside the bladder 24. the functional parts of any organ, as opposed to tissue that forms it stoma 28. circular muscle 29. the ultimate kidney 31. a ball formed of small blood capillaries 34. bacteria found within the urine 35. painful urination 37. the outer layer of the kidney 38. composed of inner longitudinal and outer circular layers of smooth muscle fibers 39. a sac in the lower part of your body; stores urines 40. blood found within the urine 41. diseases of the kidney

Down 1. an absence of urine 3. the inner tissue area of the kidney 5. the space between the basement membrane and pedicel 6. the wastes that is collected combines with water 8. bean-shaped 9. footlike structures 11. wastes found within urine 14. hernia of the urinary bladder 16. the first kidney to form 18. inflammation of the trigone area of the bladder 19. tissue that contains blood vessels, lymphatics, and nerves 21. a cavity in the center of the kidney 22. long loop-shaped capillaries 25. the balance between the volume of fluids and mineral in the body 26. presence of urea or other nitrogenous elements in the blood 27. wastes found within blood 30. scanty urine production; little urination 32. the middle part of the kidney 33. a tube that carries the urine out of your body 36. a thin tube that takes urine from the kidney to the bladder

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