Fill in the blanks. Processes of the Kidneys:

Microscopic filtering units in the kidney are called . The artery carries blood to the kidney and branches of this artery carry this blood to the first part of the nephron, the . As blood passes through this cluster of capillaries, , , , , and other substances are filtered out of the blood. The substances filtered out enter the next section of the nephron, , which passes the substances into the . As these materials pass through various sections of the tubule, substances needed by the body are and returned to blood . Excess products such as and , some , and remain in the tubule and become known as the concentrated waste liquid called .

Diseases and Disorders of the Kidneys:

An inflammation of the kidney and renal pelvis is called . An inflammation of the bladder is called . The formation of stones is . An accumulation of urinary wastes is the blood caused by kidney failure is .