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The URINARY System
Excretion is the body’s removal of waste products from
cellular metabolism.
Whole-body examples:
- lungs excrete CO2
- skin excretes salts
Main excretory pathway is the urinary system
Food Type
Cellular
Breakdown Products
Carbohydrates ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ > CO2 + H20
Harmless
Lipids ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ > CO2 + H20
Proteins ‐‐‐‐‐> Amino Acids ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ > NH2
Conversion
in all cells
NH2 ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐> Urea
Harmless
Toxic
Does urea = urine ??
NO
“Average” Urine: 95% Water …………… 5% Solids
Solids in 1 day of Urine (~ 1500 mL)
Urea
Salts
Creatine
Ammonia
Uric Acid
30 grams
20 g
1‐2 g
1‐2 g
1 g
Urine is sterile until the urethra
Bacteria live on epithelial lining of the urethra
Muscles in the Urinary System ?? Bladder filling and emptying are muscular events !!
Urine movement is unrelated to gravity.
Ureter walls contain smooth muscle
Wavelike contractions known as peristalsis
Once every 10‐15 sec a contraction shoots urine into the bladder
Possible to fill your bladder upside down.
Urine Formation
“Source” of urine ??
BLOOD
Blood flow to organs of a 70 kg man at rest
Blood Flow
Organ (L/kg/min)
Skin
Brain
Heart
Liver
Kidneys
0.08
0.5
0.8
0.9
4.0
Filters blood … modifies filtrate … creates urine
Modifies final water content
Directional Terms
Proximal & Distal
Afferent & Efferent
Ascending & Descending
Pre‐Urine
Next
Slide
Blood filtrate passes through holes in capillary wall
Filtration of molecules in the Glomerulus
Pass into
Substance Weight Pre‐urine?
Water
Urea
Sucrose
Small Protein
Large Protein
Blood Cells
18
60
342 15,000
70,000
‐
Yes
Yes
Yes
Some
No
No
Conclusion: Anything smallish enters pre‐urine
Problem: Nutrients & Building Blocks are small
Solution: Re‐claim valuable molecules
Pre‐Urine Final Urine
Diuresis
Anti‐diuresis
Bladder Fills Urge to Urinate
200‐400 mL … walls stretch … brain awareness
Toddlers?
Urinary Bladder tolerates
STRETCHING
600-800 mL storage
QUESTION: Type of lining epithelium??
STRETCHable Epithelium
(Bladder Empty
Stretched Transitional Epithelium
(Bladder Full)
F
E
T
U
S
Back into
Blood Daily BALANCE ……. Why?
CONSUMING SEAWATER: WHALE vs HUMAN
Sea Water Urine
Consumed
Produced
mL
mM
mL
mM
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Human 1000 535 1350 400
Whale 1000 535 650 820
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