Urinary System Vocab

Organ that filters waste from the blood like urea, water and salt

• kidney

• bladder

• urethra

• ureter

functional unit of a the kidney (millions of these in each kidney)

• bladder

• nephron

• micturition

• ureter

fluid wastes removed from the body by the kidneys

• blood

• dissolved gasses

• billiruben

• urine

the movement of substances from the tubular fluid (in the nephron) back in the blood

• filtration

• tubular reabsorption

• tubular secretion

• elimination

The movement of substances from the blood into the tubular fluid (in the nephron)

• filtration

• tubular reabsorption

• tubular secretion

• elimination

the movement of substances from the blood within the glomerulus into the nephron (1st step of urine formation)

• glomerular filtration

• tubular secretion

• tubular reabsorption

• elimination

nitrogenous waste excreted in urine that comes from your cells breaking down proteins

• CO2

• nitrogen

• urea

• micturation

urination

• defecation

• micturition

• deglutition

• filtration

tube leading from the urinary bladder to the outside of the body

• ureter

• nephron

• bladder

• urethra

Tube that carries the urine from the kidney to the urinary bladder

• ureter

• nephron

• bladder

• urethra