Urinary System Flashcards
What is the main function of the urinary system?
To remove the nitrogenous wastes that are produced in the body when proteins combine with oxygen
What is urea
Wastes filtered from the blood and removed from the kidneys as a water soluble waste
What is the functions of kidneys
Removing urea from the blood
Maintain proper balance of water, salts and acids in the body fluid
Kidneys act as endocrine organs and secrete what 2 hormones
Rennin
Erythropoietin
What vitamin is secreted by the kidneys
An active form of vitamin D
Which 2 hormones are degraded and excreted from the bloodstream by the kidneys
Insulin
Parathyroid
What are the 3 steps to producing urine
Filtration
Reabsorption
Secretion
What is the function of the urinary bladder
To store urine until it is expelled out by a process called micturition or voiding
The urinary system consists of
2
2
1
2 kidneys
2 ureters
1 urinary bladder
