Urinary system 1
Also known as the excretory system
urinary system
Tube that eliminates urine from the body
urethra
Liquid waste that is 95% water
urine
Accumulation of minerals and acid salts that lodge in the kidney or ureters
Kidney stones or lithiasis
Two bean-shaped organs lateral to the vertebral column that filter the wastes out of the blood
kidneys
What type of waste does the skin secrete
sweat
Hollow, muscular sac that stores urine until it is released.
bladder
Process that is carried out in the Proximal tubule and Loop of Henle
Reabsorption
A state of equilibrium the body strives to be in
homeostasis
Three things that should NOT be found in the urine.
blood, glucose & protein
Two tubes leading from the kidneys to the bladder
ureters
Blood enters the Nephron through this vessel.
Functional unit of the kidney
What is the Nephron?
Besides the integumentary system the skin is also part of the ________ system
excretory
Artery that supplies the kidneys with blood
renal artery
The glomerulus & Bowman's Capsule are located in this part of the kidney
What is the RENAL CORTEX?
Part of the NEPHRON where filtration takes place
What is the Bowman's capsule / Glomerulus?
List the parts of the urinary system as seen in the Maniken build. (4)
kidney
ureter
bladder
urethra
what substances are reabsorbed during the urine formation process (name 3)
water
ions
nutrients
What is ADH?