Urinary System

Female Urinary System


Male Urinary System



The Urinary System is the system primarily responsible for water, electrolyte, and acid-base balance and removal of nitrogenous wastes.


Links to Urinary System:
http://library.thinkquest.org/5777/urin1.htm

http://yucky.discovery.com/flash/body/pg000128.html


Questions:

1. Name the "tube" that leads from the kidneys to the bladder.
2. ____ % of urine is water.

Interesting Facts

• Your bladder can stretch to hold up to a pint of urine.
• Blood pressure regulation is an important function of the kidneys.
• Nephron is the "functional unit" of the kidney
• The ancient Romans used urine as a bleaching agent for cleaning clothes.
• Urine has historically been used as an antiseptic. In times of war, when other antiseptics were unavailable, urine, the darker the better, was utilized on open wounds to kill bacteria.