Miscellaneous
the waste secreted by the urinary system
what is urine
The organ that stores urine produced by the kidneys before it is eliminated from the body
What is the bladder
This is the failure of the bodies blood filter
What is kidney failure
A sign of diabetes indicated in the urinary system
What is Glucose in urine
2 bean shaped organs that filter wast and excess water from the blood.
What are the kidney's
The best way to prevent kidney stones
Drinking lots of water
To filter waste, and fluid from the body to produce, store and expel urine from the body.
What is the function of the urinary system?
This is a tube like organ that allows urine to exit the body via the bladder.
What is the urethra
A build up of minerals and acid salts that lodge in the kidney's and ureters
What are kidney stones?
The part of the nephron that controls water reabsorption
What is a collecting duct
These Two organs that transport urine from the kidneys to the bladder through muscular contractions via peristaltic movement
What are the ureters?
The scientific name for blood in the urine
hematuria
The three layers of the bladder
What are Urothelium, Lamina Propria (submucosa), and the Muscularis (detrusor muscle)
these are the functional unit's within the kidneys that filter out excess and waste
What are Nephrons?
Infections within any part of the urinary system
What are UTI's