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The Urinary System Anatomy 15b
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Quick Review What is the function of the kidney? What does the nephron do? Describe how urine is formed.
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Ureters Slide 15.20 Copyright © 2003 Pearson Education, Inc. publishing as Benjamin Cummings Slender tubes attaching the kidney to the bladder Continuous with the renal pelvis Enter the posterior aspect of the bladder Runs behind the peritoneum Peristalsis aids gravity in urine transport
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Urinary Bladder Slide 15.21a Copyright © 2003 Pearson Education, Inc. publishing as Benjamin Cummings Smooth, collapsible, muscular sac Temporarily stores urine Figure 15.6
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Urinary Bladder Slide 15.21b Copyright © 2003 Pearson Education, Inc. publishing as Benjamin Cummings Trigone – three openings Two from the ureters One to the urethrea Figure 15.6
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Urinary Bladder Wall Slide 15.22 Copyright © 2003 Pearson Education, Inc. publishing as Benjamin Cummings Three layers of smooth muscle (detrusor muscle) Mucosa made of transitional epithelium Walls are thick and folded in an empty bladder Bladder can expand significantly without increasing internal pressure
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Urethra Slide 15.23 Copyright © 2003 Pearson Education, Inc. publishing as Benjamin Cummings Thin-walled tube that carries urine from the bladder to the outside of the body by peristalsis Release of urine is controlled by two sphincters Internal urethral sphincter (involuntary) External urethral sphincter (voluntary)
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Urethra Gender Differences Slide 15.24a Copyright © 2003 Pearson Education, Inc. publishing as Benjamin Cummings Length Females – 3–4 cm (1 inch) Males – 20 cm (8 inches) Location Females – along wall of the vagina Males – through the prostate and penis
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Urethra Gender Differences Slide 15.24b Copyright © 2003 Pearson Education, Inc. publishing as Benjamin Cummings Function Females – only carries urine Males – carries urine and is a passageway for sperm cells
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Micturition (Voiding) Slide 15.25 Copyright © 2003 Pearson Education, Inc. publishing as Benjamin Cummings Both sphincter muscles must open to allow voiding The internal urethral sphincter is relaxed after stretching of the bladder Activation is from an impulse sent to the spinal cord and then back via the pelvic splanchnic nerves The external urethral sphincter must be voluntarily relaxed
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Quick Quiz After urine is formed in the kidneys describe each organ that urine flows through and how it gets there. Take out yellow goal paper and answer the end of class question
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