The Urinary System

What are the functions of the Urinary System? Mark all that apply.

• removes salts and nitrogenous wastes

• maintains normal concentration of water and electrolytes

• absorption of nutrients

• maintains pH and controls red blood cell production and blood pressure

Removes substances from the blood. It is a pair of _____.

What transports urine from the kidneys to the bladder?

What stores urine?

What conveys/transports urine to the outside of the body?

The entrance to the kidneys is called the _____.

What is the funnel shaped sac that the superior end of the kidney forms?

What lies on either side of the vertebral column deep in the abdominal cavity and positioned behind the parietal peritoneum?

What is the innermost layer of the kidney?

What is the outer shell around the medulla?