Lab 11 - FP Urogenital System

Kidney

Removes metabolic waste, regulates water, solute, pH balance, hormone secretion

Ureter

Tube for urine flow from a kidney to the urinary bladder

Renal Artery

takes blood away from the dorsal aorta to the kidneys

Renal Vein

Carries blood away from the kidney to the caudal vena vava

Hilum

Renal (fibrous) capsule

envelopes the kidney

renal cortex (outer)

where blood filtration occurs

renal medulla (inner)

where filtrate is converted into urine

renal pyramids

renal pelvis

compartment collecting urine and funneling it to the ureter

Nephron

microscopic functional unit of kidney responsible for blood filtration and urine production

Glomerulus

ball of capillaries

Bowman’s Capsul

loop of Henle

collecting duct

Filtered Blood Pathway

renal vein → caudal vena cava

Urine Pathway

renal pelvis → ureter → urinary bladder → urethra

Urinary Bladder

stores urine until it is excreted

Urethra

small tube connecting bladder to outside for excretion

Testes

sperm production

Epididymus

C shaped structure surrounding testes where sperm matures before ejaculation

Ductus deferens

tube connecting epididymus to urethra for ejaculation

Urethra

takes semen and urine through the penis

Penis

copulatory organ

Urogenital Opening

opening through which urine and semen produced by the urinary and reproductive tract exit the body