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1

Process of removing waste products and other elements from the blood

excretion

2

A heavy cushion of fat helps keep the kidneys in their proper position; however, very thin persons have an inadequately fatty tissue sometimes causing a condition called:

ptosis

3

Which of the following is true about the filtration process in the formation of urine?

Filtration is the first process in the formation of urine.

4

The tube leading from the bladder to an exit from the body is the:

urethra

5

Which method of dialysis is done by a vascular surgeon joining an artery and a vein together and making an opening between the two so that blood flows directly from artery to vein?

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