Urinary System Flashcards

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Kidney

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  • Filters blood, removes nitrogenous waste

- Filtration and collection

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Kidney

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  • Filters blood, removes nitrogenous waste

- Filtration and collection

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Aorta (largest artery)

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  • Carries oxgenated blood from the heart to kidney

- Has waste products

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Vena Carva (largest vein)

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  • Carries blood to the heart
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Renal artery

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  • Allow deoxygenated blood to return to capillary beds to larger blood vessles
  • Carries dirty blood into kidney
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Renal vein

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  • Carries clean blood from kidney

- Constricts and dilates to regulate blood flow

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Ureters

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  • Carries urine from kidney to the bladder
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Bladder

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  • Stores urine

- Allows urine excretion to be infrequent and controlled

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Urethra

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  • The tube that releases urine from the body through the exit from the urinary tract
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Aorta (largest artery)

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  • Carries oxgenated blood from the heart to kidney

- Has waste products

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Vena Carva (largest vein)

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  • Carries blood to the heart
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Renal artery

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  • Allow deoxygenated blood to return to capillary beds to larger blood vessles
  • Carries dirty blood into kidney
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Renal vein

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  • Carries clean blood from kidney

- Constricts and dilates to regulate blood flow

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Ureters

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  • Carries urine from kidney to the bladder
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Bladder

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  • Stores urine

- Allows urine excretion to be infrequent and controlled

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Urethra

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  • The tube that releases urine from the body through the exit from the urinary tract