Urinary System

Functions of Urinary System

Removal of waste products from the bloodstream

Production of urine

Storage and excretion of urine

Blood volume regulation

Organs of Urinary System

Kidney, ureter, urinary, urethra

Kidney Function

filters blood, processes filtrate, excretes urine

Ureter Function

moves urine from kidney to urinary bladder

Urinary Bladder Function

stores urine, contracts to urinate

Urethra Function

carries urine from the urinary bladder to the outside

What is the nephron known as?

The functional unit of the kidney

The three interrelated processes of the nephron to form urine

Filtration, tubular reabsorption, tubular secretion

Nephron Regions (6)

corpuscle, proximal convoluted tubule, descending nephron loop, ascending nephron loop, distal tubule, collecting duct

Ureter wall layers (3)

mucosa, muscularis, adventitia

Urinary Bladder

mucosa, submucosa, musculari