LEAH JAMES AND NATHAN UMBARGER

• Bean shape structures behind abdominal wall that are 4-5 inches long

• Three main regions: cortex, medulla, and sinus

• The cortex and medulla contain nephrons which form urine

• In the sinus are minor and major calyces that collect urine from papillary ducts and deliver to ureters

• Filters waste that would otherwise be toxic to cells

KIDNEYS

• Ureters are long muscular tubes that transport the urine from your kidneys to your bladder

• The ureters are critical organs to the urinary system

• They are about 8 to 10 inches long

• Located at the central portion of each kidney

URETERS

• Urinary bladder is a hollow muscular organ that stores urine

• The inferior part of the bladder contains three openings that form a triangle called the trigone

• The two posterior openings are called the ureteral openings

• In an average adult human the bladder can hold up to 1/3 of a quart of urine

• Found in most vertebrates other than birds

URINARY BLADDER

• Urethra is a tube like structure that carries urine from the urinary bladder to the outside of the body

• Urethra sizes differ between males and females

URETHRA

• http://urinarybladder.org/• http://

www.news-medical.net/health/Urethra-What-is-the-Urethra.aspx

• http://www.webmd.com/urinary-incontinence-oab/picture-of-the-kidneys

• http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/1949127-overview

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