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| the process of removing wastes from the body |
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| What are some waste products produced by your body? |
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| water, fiber, salt, toxins, carbon dioxide, and nitrogen compounds |
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| What happens if wastes build up inside your body? |
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Definition
| they can be harmful and can poisen cells |
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| What is the function of te urinary system? |
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Definition
| to remove wastes from your blood |
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| What are the structures of the urinary system? |
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Definition
| blood vessels, kidneys, ureteers, urinary bladder, urethra |
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| How many kidneys do you have? |
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Definition
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| urinary organ that is bean-shaped and is about 10cm long |
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What are nephrons?
Where can they be found? |
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| nephrons are tiny little filters in the kidneys |
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waste formed when proteins are used by the body
contains nitrogen |
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| WHat happens to blood that enters the kidneys? |
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Definition
a large artery delivers blood to each kidney,
water and other substances are forced out of blood vessels and into nephrons,
needed materials are moved back to blood vessels,
waste materials remain in nephrons,
cleaned blood leaves kidney in large veins,
remaining fluid in kidney is URINE. |
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| What are the main components of urine? |
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Definition
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| tubes that transport urine form the kidneys to the urinary bladder |
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| What type of muscle is in the ureteers? |
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Definition
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| What does the urinary bladder do? |
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Definition
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| What is the urinary bladder? |
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| a hollow, muscular, urinary organ |
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| How does urine leave the body? |
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Definition
| it goes through the urethra |
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| When do you get bacterial infections? |
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Definition
| when bacteria gets into the bladder and ureteers through the urethra |
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| What are the results of bacterial infections? |
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Definition
painful infections
can lead to permanent damage of nephrons |
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| What causes kidney disease? |
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Definition
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| How can you be treated when you have kidney disease? |
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| you can be put on a kidney machine which filters waste from blood artificially |
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| How do we get rid of all the water we take in? |
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Definition
| through urine, sweat and saliva |
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| What controls the balance of fluids? |
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| Explain why you get thirsty. |
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| when you sweat there is less fluid in your body which means that your salvitory glands produce less saliva so you get thirsty. |
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| What is an antidiuretic hormone? |
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Definition
a hormone that tells you to keep water in and not release it in urine
helps conserve water |
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Term
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Definition
things like caffine that tell the kidneys to release water in urine so you become more dehydrated.
you produce more urine and lose more water, causing you to become thirsty |
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| When do you get kidney stones? |
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Definition
| when salt and waste collect in kidneys they form kidney stones |
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| What are the results of kidney stones? |
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| they cause pain and harm urine flow |
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| How do you lose kidney stones? |
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| they can pass naturally or can be broken down by medical process |
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