Urinary System by MARY HERSHEY CAMINOS https://padlet.com/main24000235/oy2u5fvpauze53gq en-us 2025-10-17 16:37:31 UTC 2025-10-22 08:25:44 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f504.png URINARY SYSTEM main24000235 https://padlet.com/main24000235/oy2u5fvpauze53gq/wish/3637937348 2025-10-17 16:55:00 UTC https://padlet.com/main24000235/oy2u5fvpauze53gq/wish/3637937348 Kidneys main24000235 https://padlet.com/main24000235/oy2u5fvpauze53gq/wish/3637958435

  • it is composed of nephrons

  • remove waste products from the blood

  • secrete a hormone, ERYTHROPOIETIN, which regulates the synthesis of red blood cells in bone marrow

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  • hollow muscular organ in the pelvic cavity

  • temporarily stores urine before it will be

    released in our body and can hold up to 500 mL

  • Has 3 layers of smooth muscle called detrusor muscle

  • Inner region includes a triangular area called trigone

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  • where urine will pass through from renal pelvis to the urinary bladder

  • each ureter is an extension of the pelvis of a kidney and extend about 25 to 30 cm down to the urinary bladder

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  • a tube that carries urine from the urinary bladder to the outside of the body

  • the outer end of urethra is controlled by sphincter

  • it transport urine by peristalsis

    • ]]>     2025-10-17 17:19:53 UTC https://padlet.com/main24000235/oy2u5fvpauze53gq/wish/3637962618     main24000235 https://padlet.com/main24000235/oy2u5fvpauze53gq/wish/3638359975 can produce either a large volume of dilute urine or a small volume of concentrated urine depending on the hydration level of the body and each kidney processes incoming blood plasma in ways that allow it to leave the kidney in better condition

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    • surrounds each kidney

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    • space between medulla

    • provides supportive framework for vessels that enter and exit the cortex

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    • mainly tubules that transport urine from cortex to calyces before it passes to the ureter to the urinary bladder

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    • where urine is produced going to the calyces

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    • where urine is collected before it passes to the ureter then to the urinary bladder

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    • the renal pelvis narrows to form a small tube, the ureter, which exits the kidney and connects to the urinary bladder

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    • where filtrate is being carried toward the renal pelvis

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    • where our blood is being filtered

    ]]>     2025-10-18 07:19:33 UTC https://padlet.com/main24000235/oy2u5fvpauze53gq/wish/3638398043     main24000235 https://padlet.com/main24000235/oy2u5fvpauze53gq/wish/3638398636 RENAL PELVIS

    • where urine is drain into our ureter

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  • 3.8 cm. (1.5 inches) length and its opening to the outside is called urethral orifice

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  • the urethra has two important roles it is responsible for urine being out in our body and as a pathway for semen to be taken out from the body.

  • 20 cm (8 inches) long

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