B12 Homeostasis in action Flashcards

9115921943	ADH	a hormone that helps control the water balance of the body and affects the amount of urine produced by the kidney	0
9115925453	dialysis	the process of cleansing the blood through a dialysis machine when the kidneys fail	1
9115928483	selective reabsorption	process in the kidney where materials needed by the body are moved back into the blood	2
9115930541	thermoregulatory centre	an area in the brain that is sensitive to the temperature of the body	3
9115931922	vasoconstriction	the narrowing of blood vessels	4
9115935104	vasodialtion	the widening of blood vessels	5
9115935883	exothermic	chemical change that releases energy	6
9115936839	endothermic	chemical change that requires an input of energy	7
9115937926	respiration	a series of chemical reaction producing ATP	8
9115938579	urea	a nitrogen containing waste	9
9115939795	nitrogenous waste	waste product that contains nitrogen	10
9115940994	exhalation	the action of breathing out	11
9115941883	inhalation	the action of breathing in	12
9115941895	ammonia	a nitrogenous waste in urine and sweat	13
9115942605	kidney	organ that regulates levels of water, salts and nitrogenous wastes in the body	14
9115944185	urine	a mixture of water, salts and nitrogenous waste produced by the kidneys and stored in the bladded	15
9115946571	renal vein	carries blood from the kidney	16
9115947634	renal artery	carries blood to the kidney	17
9115948882	dialysis membrane	selectively permeable artificial membrane in a kidney machine	18
9115950395	transplant	operation to a tissue or organ in the body	19
9115951491	rejection	the immune system attacks a transplanted tissue or organ	20
9115952812	embryonic stem cell	cells that may be used in therapies for kidney failure	21