Urinary System

What structure in the kidneys filters the blood?

• Ureters

• Nephrons

• Bladder

• Urethra

How is the female urethra different from the male urethra?

• It is longer

• It is wider

• It is shorter

• It is more narrow

What is 95% of urine composition?

• Water

• Acids

• Urea

• Hormones

What does ADH do?

• Makes us thirsty

• Increases our urine

• Allows us to retain water

• Causes polyuria

A liquid produced by the kidneys and collected in the bladder

• Blood

• Water

• Urine

• Saliva

The urinary system

• produces, stores, and eliminate urine

• maintains the balance of chemicals and water in the body

• cleans up the blood

• all of the above

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Which part of your urinary system releases urine from your body to the exterior?

• Ureters

• Bladder

• Urethra

• Kidneys

A tube that transports urine from the bladder to the outside of the body

• urethra

• ureter

• renal artery

• renal vein

This structure controls the flow of urine

• urinary meatus

• ureter meatus

• urethral sphincters

• ureter sphincters

Two bean-shaped organs located in the retroperitoneal cavity that filters metabolic waste products, ions, & excess water from the blood & forming urine

• adrenal glands

• spleen

• ovaries

• kidneys