How Our Body Eliminates Waste and keeps us healthy! Excretory System = Urinary System

Function: Removes or excretes excess water, H 2 O, urea, carbon dioxide, CO 2, and other wastes from our blood. Importance: Harmful chemicals made when the body creates energy must be removed from blood to keep you healthy

 Kidneys – filter out excess water, salt and chemicals as urine  Lungs – filter out carbon dioxide, CO 2, from the blood. (respiratory system)  Skin – excretes water, as sweat, which contains some trace chemical wastes, including urea. (epidermis)

Liquid waste = urine

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Artery Vein Kidney Ureter Urinary Bladder Urethra

Order KidneyK Ureter B Urethra Ureters Urinary BLADDER Urethra

Function - filter wastes and excess water from the blood. Importance – control the amount of water in body, tell body when to make new red blood cells, take harmful chemicals from blood Other Info – located in back under ribs You have 2 kidneys, but can live with 1 Picture Kidneys

Function - tubes that take urine from the kidney to the urinary bladder. Importance – after the waste is filtered from blood, it must go to the bladder for storage Other Info – each kidney has its own ureter Picture Ureter

Function: a sack that stores urine/liquid waste Importance: Holds urine until you go to the bathroom Other Info: when full, a message is sent to your brain telling you to go to the bathroom Picture Urinary Bladder

Function- small tube that carries urine out of the body. Importance – connects the bladder to the outside of the body, how urine leave body Other Info – about 6mm wide Picture Urethra

 Tiny tubes in the kidneys that filter and clean blood and balance supply of water and salt. (about 1 million per kidney)

1. The ______________ filter waste and excess water from the blood. 2. The tube that carries urine out of the body is called the _____________. 3. The urinary bladder stores ____________ until it is ready to exit the body.

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Doctors analyze urine for disease;  Normal urine contains water, urea and trace minerals.  Sugar in urine indicates Diabetes  Protein in urine indicates the kidneys are not working and the person, or animal, is very sick.

1. Excretory System 2. Lungs 3. Skin 4. Kidneys 5. Urine 6. Nephrons 7. Ureter 8. Bladder 9. Urethra

 HW review Removes Water = Kidneys, Skin Brings Oxygen to blood = Lungs Removes Salt = Kidneys, Skin Stores Urine = Bladder Removes C02 = Lungs Produces Urine = Kidneys Removes Body Heat = Skin

Today’s Goal - To memorize the functions and order of the Kidneys, Ureter, Bladder and Urethra - To learn the difference between URETER and URETHRA

1. What are the tubes that carry urine from the kidneys to the bladder called? 2. The __________ is the tube that carries urine out of the body. 3. What is the job of the kidneys?