Discover how your body filters and eliminates waste through the urinary system. This guide focuses on the kidneys, ureters, bladder, and urethra, breaking down their functions in maintaining homeostasis and regulating pH. Flowcharts make the filtration and urine production processes easy to follow.
Urinary System
• Removes waste.
• Regulates the body’s fluids and
mineral salts.
Kidney
Renal Artery
Renal Vein
Ureter
Bladder
Sphincter
Urethra
Renal Artery à takes Renal Vein à takes
blood to the kidney and blood away from the
removes waste products kidney.
from the blood.
, Functions
• KIDNEYS à filters waste substances
from the blood.
• BLADDER à stores urine temporarily.
• URETER à a tube that takes the urine
from the kidneys to the bladder.
• URETHRA à a tube that carries the
urine from the bladder to the outside
of the body.
• RENAL ARTERY à a blood vessel that
brings blood contains wastes to the
kidneys.
• RENAL VEIN à carries clean blood
away from the kidney.
• SPINCHER à a ring of muscle at the
base of the bladder that controls the
release of urine.
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