Urethra
Urinary bladder
Functions of the urinary system
The components of the Nephron are:
Systems invovled with excretion
Main components of the urinary system
Anatomic components of the kidney
Ureters
Steps of urine formation:
Urine composition
Urinary, Digestive and Integumentary (skin) systems.
Glomerular filtration, tubular re-absoption and tubular secretion.
Excretion, control of liquid balance, controls the pH, regulates the blood pressure and helps regulate the production of red blood cells.
Temporary deposit of urine. It has a region called trigone, related with the felling of having to pee.
Glomerulus, Bownman capsule, peritubular capillaries, , Capsula de Bowman, Capilares peritubulares, Proximal tube, Henle haft ,Distal conecting tube.
Tube that connects the urinary bladder with the outside. It is larger in men than in women.
Long muscular tubes. They connect the kidney with the urinary bladder. They mobe the urine by gravity and a muscular movement known as peristalsis.
2 kidneys, 2 ureters, 1 urinary bladder and 1 urethra.
Renal capsule, renal cortex, renal medulla (inside of the kidney), renal pyramids and renal pelvis.
95% water, 5% solids and dissolved gases.