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| What is the Urinary System (Excretory System) responsible for? |
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| removing waste from the body |
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| Name the 3 kinds of waste: |
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- Solid: waste removed through digestive tract
- Gaseous: waste removed by lungs
- Liquid: waste removed through skin and urinary system
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| The urinary system works with.... |
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the lungs
skin
intestines
Why??? to keep the chemicals and water in your body balanced |
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| List the four main parts of the urinary system |
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Kidneys
Ureters
Bladder
Urethra |
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Looks like: two bean shaped, fist sized organs
What happens: blood is constantly filtered through your kidneys
Purporse: kidneys filter a type of waste called urea from your blood |
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Looks like: 2 thin tubes, 8-10 inches long
Purpose: Carry urea from the kidneys to the bladder
Muscles in ureter walls constantly tighten and relas to force urine downward into bladder
**If urine is allowed to stand still, a kidney infection could develop |
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Looks like: hollow muscular organ shaped like a balloon
Held in place by muscles and other tissues
Purpose: sotres urine until you are ready to empty it
Swells into a round shape when full, and gets smaller when empty |
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Looks like: short tube exiting the body
Function: how the urea leaves the body
*Final stop of the urinary system |
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Adults eliminate about a quart and a half of urine each day
the female bladder is smaller than the male bladder |
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