Urinary system Flashcards
what is the purpose of the urinary system
maintains water balance, and removes excess substances such as waste products from metabolism(urea)
what are the 6 parts of the urinary system
renal veins
renal arteries
ureters
kidneys
bladder
urethra
what is the purpose of the renal veins
carry cleaned blood back to the body
what is the purpose of the renal arteries
carry blood from the body to the kidneys
what is the purpose of the kidneys
remove substances including urea from the blood and make urine
what is the purpose of the ureters
carry urine from the kidney to the bladder
what is the purpose of the bladder
stores the urine
what is the purpose of the urethra
where urine flows through to get outside the body
what is inside the kidneys makes urine
nephrons
what artery brings blood into the kidney
renal artery
what do you call the small know of capillaries in a nephron and what is its purpose
glomerulus - filters everything out of the blood (except larger molecules such as proteins)
what is the cup shape that holds the glomerulus?
Bowman’s capsule
what is the order of structures that the blood has to pass through to get to the ureter in the kidney
Bowman’s capsule
convoluted tubules
loop of Henle
collecting duct
what happens in the convoluted tubules
selective reabsorption of glucose back into the blood via active transport
what happens in the loop of Henle and collecting duct
reabsorption of water via osmosis
