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Science: Chapter 16-7
How do the kidneys work?
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6th Grade
12/16/2007

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How many kidneys do you have?
Definition
2
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Where are your kidneys located?
Definition

just above your waist

 

(one is behind your stomach)

(one is behind your liver)

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What is the main job of the kidneys?
Definition

to remove waste products

from the blood

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What is the liquid waste

formed in the kidneys called?

Definition
urine
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What is urine made of?
Definition

1) water

2) salts

3) urea

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What is urea?
Definition

a nitrogen compound

formed when proteins

are used by the body

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What are nephrons?
Definition

the filtering structures

of the kidneys

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What do nephrons do?
Definition
they remove waste from the blood
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What is the urethra?
Definition

the tube from the bladder that urine

goes through to pass out of the body

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