Urinary and Reproductive

kidneys

are bean, shaped organ approx. the size of your first. located near the middle of the back, just below the rib cage to the left and right of the spine

nephrons

remove waste and excess fluid from the body through tiny filtering units

glomerulus

ball formed of small capillaries in a nephron

renal tubule

small tube in a nephron

urea

waste removed from your blood, produced when foods are broken down in the body

ureters

are muscular tubes carrying urine from the kidneys to the bladder, originate in the renal pelvis and end in the bladder

renal pelvis

expanded proximal end of the ureter where the ureter attaches to the kidney/ act as a funnel for urine flowing to the ureter

peristalis

muscles in the ureter wall constantly tighten and relax

pyelonephritis

if urine is allowed to stand or reflux back up in the kidney it will cause an infection

ureterovesical juction

the anatomical area where the ureters joins the bladder

urinary bladder

hollow, muscular, and expandable organ collecting urine, sits on the pelvic floor and is held in place by ligaments attached to other organs and the pelvic bone

urinary bladder function

stores urine until nerves from the bladder send a message to the brain that the bladder is full and the urge to empty the bladder intensifies

urethra

tube connecting the urinary bladder to the outside of the body

prostatic urethra

the portion of the urethra passing through the prostate gland passes along the neck of the urinary bladder and thought he prostate gland

function of the prostatic urethra

designed to accept the drainage from the tiny ducts within the prostrate and is equipped with two ejaculary tubes

female urethra

is straight and leads out of the body via the urethral orife and has no reproductive function

bladder neck

proximal opening of the urethra