Exam 4 Flashcards
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What does the urinary system regulate?
blood pressure and blood plasma composition
How does the urinary system regulate the blood plasma?
regulating blood volume and plasma ion concentrations, stabilizing blood ph, and conserving nutrients
What does the urinary system secrete?
organic wastes into the urine
What does the urinary system eliminate?
urine from the body
What metabolic wastes does the urinary system excrete?
urea, urinary acid, and creatine
What is urea?
nitrogenous waste
What is uric acid?
insoluble nitrogenous waste (stones!!)
What is creatine?
Created during the breakdown of creatine phosphate
Kidneys role?
creates urine
Ureter’s role?
transports urine to bladder
Bladder’s role?
storage sac
Urethra’s role?
Transport urine to outside of body
What type of paired organs are kidneys?
retroperitoneal organs
Where are the kidneys?
Superior dorsal wall (left slightly superior to right)
Where are the adrenal glands?
Superior to the kidneys
The ___ transports urine to the bladder, while the ___ transports urine from the bladder.
Ureter, Urethra
Retroperitoneal, muscular tubes, which exit each renal pelvis and extend to bladder
Ureters
How do the Ureters prevent backflow?
They penetrate the bladder at an angle
