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