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.
• 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.
