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Kidneys
Ureters, Urethra and bladder
Excretory System
The Nephron
Substances
100
How many kidneys do you have in your body and where are they located?
2, and in your lower back
100
What are the Ureters?
A narrow tube that carries urine from the kidneys to the bladder.
100
What does excretion mean?
The process by which wastes are removed from the body.
100

This is the ball of arterioles at the start of the nephron.

What is the glomerulus?

100
What is urine?
a watery fluid produced by the kidneys that contains urea and other wastes.
200
What are the kidneys connected to?
The ureters
200
What is the Urethra?
small tube through which urine flws from the body.
200
How many organs does the excretory system have?
4
200

This is the capsule surrounding the glomerulus.

What is Bowman's Capsule?

200

What are nephrons?

small filtering structure found in the kidneys that removes waste from blood and produces urine

300
What do the kidneys filter out, and what is that filter system called?
filters out blood, and the filtering system in the kidney are the nephrons
300
What is your urinary bladder?
a sack like muscular organ that stores urine until i is eliminated from the body.
300
What is the job of the excretory system?
making our bodys unneeded waste products into waste
300

This is the loop that carries urine from one tubule to the next tubule.

What is the loop of henle?

300

This is the substance that gets reabsorbed back into your blood at the collecting duct.

What is water?

400
What type of blood vessel does blood flow into the kidney called, and is the blood vessels name?
The venal artery
400
True or false: the ureters are between the bladder and the urethra?
False, the bladder is.
400
Where is the excretory system located? a) lower back b) upper chest c) middle of abdomen d) none of the above
a) lower back
400

This is the tubule that is closest to the glomerulus.

What is the proximal tubule?

400

H+, NH4, K+, Na+, Cl-, creatinine, and drug metabolites all get __________________ at the proximal and distal tubule portions of the nephron.

What is Secreted?

500
5 facts/jobs of the kidney
-filters blood -balances water throughout the body -has millions of filters called nephrons -nephrons filter blood -major organ of the excretory system -blood flows in through the renal cavity -the process in the kidneys takes about 45 min -good liquids go back to bood, bad liquids become urine
500
True or false: the ureters produce urine
False, yor kidneys do.
500

List the functions of all the organs in the excretory system

Kidneys-filter blood and makes urine Ureters-narrow tube that transports urine from the kidneys to the urinary bladder Urinary Bladder-stores urine until it is eliminated from the body

500

This is the tubule that is furthest from the glomerulus.

What is the distal tubule?

500

This is the substance that gets reabsorbed back into your blood at the ascending portion of the loop of henle and the distal tubule.

What is salt?