URINARY SYSTEM: ANATOMY AND
PHYSIOLOGY
URINARY SYSTEM FUNCTIONS
1) Filtration/Excrection of body fluids
2) Elimination of waste products
3) Regulation/Stabilization of blood volume & compositon, pH level, & water & electrolytes
Organ that transports urine toward the urinary bladder
Ureters
Organ that temporarily stores urine prior to elimination
Urinary Bladder
Organ that conducts urine to exterior
Urethra
Nephrons
functional units of the kidneys that form urine
renal pelvis
Funnel-shaped reservoir where major calyces converge, portion of the kidney that narrows to
become the ureter.that collects and passes the urine.
Ureters
Pair of muscular tubes that transport urine from the kidney to the bladder
PHYSIOLOGY
URINARY SYSTEM FUNCTIONS
1) Filtration/Excrection of body fluids
2) Elimination of waste products
3) Regulation/Stabilization of blood volume & compositon, pH level, & water & electrolytes
Organ that transports urine toward the urinary bladder
Ureters
Organ that temporarily stores urine prior to elimination
Urinary Bladder
Organ that conducts urine to exterior
Urethra
Nephrons
functional units of the kidneys that form urine
renal pelvis
Funnel-shaped reservoir where major calyces converge, portion of the kidney that narrows to
become the ureter.that collects and passes the urine.
Ureters
Pair of muscular tubes that transport urine from the kidney to the bladder
