urinary system

Question 1

How does the Urinary system work briefly

Answer 1

Waste urea from the blood is filtered through the kidneys. Urea is any waste left over from digestion of nutrients.

Question 2

State the functions of kidneys

Answer 2

Homeostasis- Balance of electrolytes and salts
Blood Pressure Regulation
Blood Cell Production
Excecretes waste from blood

Question 3

What is the function of the ureters

Answer 3

Tubes carrying urine from kidneys to the bladder. Muscles in the ureter walls contract to empty urine through the urethra

Question 4

what is the tissue that anchors the kidneys to its surroundings

Answer 4

renal fascia

Question 5

what is the hormone released for blood pressure increase and the activation

Answer 5

renin and angotension

Question 6

what products are excecreted

Answer 6

toxins
salts
urea
metabolic waste

Question 7

List the organs inside the kindeys

Answer 7

Renal Pelvis- connecting medulla to ureter 
Renal vein- Blood away from kidneys  
Renal Artery- Blood to kindey 
Nephrons- Filtration occours 
Prymids/ Medulla

Question 8

First stage of filtration

Answer 8

Blood enters via aferent artioles

under capillary pressure water and toxins are exectreted but blood and protein left behined

Question 9

second stage of filteration

Answer 9

Filtrate passes into proximal convoluted tubes then into distal convoluted tubes for re-absorbtion of essential nutrients

Question 10

Third stage of filtration

Answer 10

Nephron straightens out into medulla, along renal pelvis and into ureters