Honors Anatomy: Urinary System Functions Study Set

Kidney

• removes metabolic wastes from the blood by diluting it with water and electrolytes to form urine

• removes waste from blood by using magical powers

• idk

ureters

• idk

• contains urine until it reaches the bladder

• carries urine from the kidney to the bladder

urinary bladder

• contains urine until it reaches the urethra

• carries urine from kidney to the bladder

• carries blood toward the heart

(thick blue colored tube) joins inferior vena cava and carries the blood from the kidney and ureter to the inferior vena cava

vein

• a (red) vessel that supplies blood to kidneys

• a (blue) vessel that carries blood toward the heart

a (red colored small tube) that supplies blood to kidneys

artery

• a (red) vessel that transports blood away from the heart

• a (blue) vessel that carries blood toward the heart

glomerular capsule is an enclosed ball of capillaries and collects, and filtrates the blood that passes through the glomerulus

• true

• false

proximal convoluted tubule

• reabsorbs nutrients, ion, and water from the filtrate back into the bloodstream

• reject nutrients, ion, and water from the filtrate

• idk

concentrates the urine