Process of removing waste products and other elements from the blood

excretion

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

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.

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

urethra

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?