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Urinary system
• 10.1.9 Analyze the interdependence existing among the body
system.
• Describe the function of the Urinary system.
• Identify the parts of the Urinary system.
• Explain how to care for the Urinary system.
• The main function of the Urinary system is to remove liquid
waste.
• It is made up of the kidneys, bladder, ureters, urethra.
• Most of the excretory system is controlled by the nervous
system.
• Except when urinating.
• Kidneys – Organs that filter water and dissolved waste from the
blood. Help maintain the proper level of water and salt in the
body. Substance filter out is called urine.
• Ureters – Are narrow tubes that carry urine to the bladder from
the kidneys.
• Bladder – This is where the urine is stored until the bladder is
full.
• Urethra – Tube leaving from the bladder to the outside of the
body.
• On a signal from the nervous system the urine is released from
the bladder into the urethra and out of the body.
• Kidney stones – stones which are mineral crystals from
in the kidneys. They block the exit of urine from the
kidney to the bladder. This is very painful.
• Care and prevention is drinking eight 8oz glasses of
water a day.
• Label the follow diagram.
• Page 27 The Urinary system.
• Page 28 Two of a Kind.
• Page 29 waste removal.
• Write an information brochure on the urinary system. Include
the following question below:
• Describe the function of the urinary system in detail.
• (What they do, How they function.)
• What are the problems of the urinary system.
• Why is it important to drink adequate water?
• What benefits does this give to the urinary system when
drinking water?
• How is Urinary system interdependence with the other system?