Excretory System
Name: ______________________ Date: ____________
Write the letter of the matching item on the line next to each number.
1. URINATE
A. Separation of substances in solution by means of their unequal diffusion through semipermeable
2. HILUS
B. The tissue forming the outer layer of an organ or structure in plant or animal
3. Kidney
C. To eliminate urine
4. System
D. Any of the small tubules that are the excretory units of the vertebrate kidney
5. DIALYSIS
E. A small intertwined group of capillaries in the malpighian body
6. Nephron
F. A depression or fissure where vessels or nerves or ducts enter a bodily organ
7. CORTEX
G. A compacted or sessile cyme
8. Glomerule
H. Lower or hindmost part of the brain
9. MEDULLA
I. The discharge of urine
10. GLOMERULUS
J. Either of two bean-shaped excretory organs that filter wastes from the blood and excrete them
11. MICTURITION
K. A sample of matter in which substances in different phases are in equilibrium