Thursday 7 April 2016

2.70 describe the structure of the urinary system, including the kidneys, ureters, bladder and urethra

Lets start with a diagram...
urinary system picture


- The aorta takes oxygenated blood to the kidney (as the renal artery) and the vena cava takes deoxygenated blood away from the kidney (as the renal vein)
- The kidney is where the urea is turned into urine, there the blood is filtered (and the waste parts are taken out) and where osmoregulation occurs
- The urine travels down the ureter into the bladder
- Urine is stored in the bladder
- The urine travels down the urethra and out of the body
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  1. Anteros1 April 2019 at 21:06

    Thanks for a brief description of the urinary tract. a simple image tells more than thousands of words

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