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Story md.com: Chronic Kidney Disease
If your kidneys are damaged and can't filter blood easily, then you may suffer from chronic kidney disease (CKD). Read about the treatments available.
National Institutes of Health
Niddk: Your Kidneys and How They Work
This resource provides a detailed description of both structure and function of the kidneys, the role they play in the urinary system, as well as provides information about kidney disease.
Curated OER
Kids Health: Kidneys and Urinary Tract
Watch this video to get an entertaining overview of the urinary system.
University of Arizona
Kidneys and Metals Problem Set
Great learning exercises to check your understanding of the kidneys. Complete this problem set and if you miss an answer you are taken to a tutorial that is very useful. This is a good site to use for research as well as checking for...
Biology Corner
Biology Corner: Anatomy: Urinary System: Structure of the Nephron
Students read text and color leach labeled part of the nephron in the human kidney to understand the structure and function of the kidney. This is a ready-to-use teacher resource for biology review.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Kidneys
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Why are your kidneys so important? Find out in this online tutorial. You will learn to describe the roles of the kidneys in homeostasis.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Kidney Filtering
In this activity, students filter different substances through a plastic window screen, different sized hardware cloth and poultry netting. Their model shows how the thickness of a filter in the kidney is imperative in deciding what will...
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Anatomy and Physiology: Urinary System Regulation
By completing this module, students will discover how the liver, kidneys, ureters, bladder, and urethra all work together to maintain homeostasis in the human excretory system.
Inner Body
Innerbody: Urinary System
Click on the different parts of the interactive model to learn about the urinary system. Scroll down the page to read about the urinary system's anatomy.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Urinary System
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In this interactive tutorial students will explain how the urinary system filters blood and excretes wastes.
National Cancer Institute at the National Institutes of Health
Cancer.gov: What You Need to Know About Kidney Cancer
This resource provides detailed information about kidney cancer. Includes information on symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, and causes of kidney cancer. Also, has links to definitions of many of the medical terms used throughout the site.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Measuring Kidney Function
The glomerular filtration rate (GFR) is used to determine how well the kidneys are functioning. The glomerulus in the kidney is a high-pressure system that is optimal for fluid filtration. Read the information about measuring kidney...
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Get Body Smart: Urinary System: Anatomy and Physiology
This innovative resource investigates the kidneys. Topics include the external and internal anatomy of the kidneys, histology of the cortex region, and histology of the medulla region.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Biology: Kidneys
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes the roles of the kidneys in homeostasis.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Life Science: Excretory System Problems
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] The urinary system controls the amount of water in the body and removes wastes. Any problem with the urinary system can also affect many other body systems. Learn...
Sumanas
Sumanas Inc: Life: The Science of Biology: The Mammalian Kidney
Use this tutorial to help supplement your learning about how the kidneys work.
Curated OER
Kids Health: Kidneys and Urinary Tract
The urinary system and how it functions are explained. An interactive diagram shows the different parts, and summarizes what each does. Disorders of the kidneys and the urinary tract are also described.
Biology Pages
Kimball's Biology Pages: The Kidneys
An online biology textbook on the structure and function of the kidneys. Full of labeled, color diagrams for better understanding.
Curated OER
Kids Health: What Kids Need to Know About Kidneys
This is a kid friendly look at what the kidneys look like, where they are, and what they do. Shockwave is needed for viewing.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Life Science: Urinary System
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Sometimes, the urinary system is called the excretory system. But the urinary system is only one part of the excretory system. Recall that the excretory system is...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Biology: Urinary System
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Discusses how the urinary system filters blood and excretes wastes.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Biology: Urinary System
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes the structure and function of organs that comprise the urinary system, and explains how the production of urine and the process of urination are controlled.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Biology: Excretory System Study Guide
This comprehensive study guide covers the main terms and concepts needed for a unit on the excretory system.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Renal System Questions
This is a ten-question quiz concerning the Renal system.