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