Urinary System Flashcards
Kidneys
Filter the blood
Ureters
Tubes that transport urine to the urinary bladder
Urinary bladder
Where urine is stored before urination
Urethra
Urination to the outside
Nephrons
Functional units of the kidney. Small coiled tube’s filter waste material out of blood brought to the kidney by the renal artery
Actual filtration process occurs through the
Glomerulus in Bowmans capsule of the nephron
Glomerulus
Where filtration of the blood occurs under the force of blood pressure. As the glomerular filtrate passes through the nephron, components needed by the body leave the nephron by diffusion and re-enter the blood
Components needed by the body
Water, glucose, ions
Urinary system consist of
Two kidneys, two ureters, urinary bladder, and the urethra
Final product produced by the millions of nephrons per kidney is
Urine