Human urinary system

Human urinary system

1. HUMAN URINARY SYSTEM

2. Is the set of organs in charge of filter blood , produce, transport collect and expel urine . Urine is the waste product from blood filtering . Its composition is 95% water, 2.5% urea and 2.5% other wastes as salts. HUMAN URINARY SYSTEM

3. ORGANS OF THE URINARY SYSTEM ONE PAIR OF KIDNEYS. ONE PAIR OF URETERS. ONE URINARY BLADDER. ONE URETHRA.

4. FUNCTIONS KIDNEY: Filters the blood . Uses hyperosmosis to remove ions , nitrogen , phosphorus and other elements and excess of water from the blood . Ureters : transport urine from the kidneys to the urinary bladder . Urinary bladder : Is a muscular bag like organ that stores urine until expeling . Urethra : Tubular structure that receives urine from the bladder and carries it to the outside of the body .

5. KIDNEY Could be considered the most important organ of the urinary system . Is a bean like shaped organ , comes in pair and is the responsable to filter the blood . It is divided into : RENAL CORTEX: the outer part of the kidney . RENAL MEDULLA: consist on six to ten cone-shapedrenal pyramids . Contains the nephron , so is in this part of the kidneys where filtration occurs . RENAL PELVIS: is a hollow chamber that connects the kidney to the uretes , collects the urine to be transported by ureters .

6. NEPHRON Functional and structural unit of kidneys. They perform: Filtration Reabsorption Secretion/excretion The nephron functions through ultrafiltration.

7. NEPHRON STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION