Organs
This organ filters blood to make urine
What are the kidneys?
The bladder holds this much urine.
What 400-700mL?
When the ability to filter waste and fluids from the blood is lost.
What is renal (kidney) failure?
First step in urine formation.
What is filtration?
Humans have this number of kidneys.
This tube carries urine from kidneys to bladder.
What are ureters?
This waste product comes from breaking down proteins.
What is urea?
This is an infection of any part of the excretory system.
What is a UTI?
Process where useful substances go back into the blood.
What is reabsorption?
You can live with this many kidneys.
What is 1?
What is the bladder?
The kidneys help control this in your body (water balance).
What is fluid balance?
Diabetes and high blood pressure are leading causes of this disease.
What is renal (kidney) failure?
Process where extra wastes are added to urine.
What is secretion?
This organ also helps remove waste through sweat.
What is the skin?
This tube carries urine out of the body.
What is the urethra?
This system works with the excretory system to clean blood and maintain homeostasis.
What is circulatory system?
Some symptoms of this disease include: painful/burning sensation with urination, back pain, fever, and nausea.
What is a UTI?
The final step when urine leaves the body.
What is excretion (urination)?
This color indicates healthy urine.
What is pale yellow?
These tiny filtering units are inside the kidneys.
What are nephrons?
The excretory system removes this type of materials from the body.
What are wastes?
These hard mineral deposits form in the kidneys and can cause severe pain when passing through the urinary tract.
What are kidney stones?
This happens when the bladder signals it's full.
What is the urination reflex?
Kidneys filter about this many liters of blood daily.
What is about 180 liters?