HESI A&P Urinary System

What does the urinary system consist of?

The _______ are tubes that transport urine to the urinary bladder, where urine is stored before urination through the _______ to the outside.

What is the functional unit of the urinary system?

_________ ,small coiled tubes, filter waste material out of the blood brought to the kidney by the renal artery. 

Actual filtration occurs through the ____________ of the Bowman's capsule of the nephron.

Filtration of the blood occurs through the glomerulus under the force of ______ ________.

As the glomerular filtrate passes through the nephron, components needed such as water, glucose, and ions, leave the nephron by _______ and reenter the blood. 

Water is reabsorbed at the ______ of the nephron.

The final product produced by the millions of nephrons per kidney is ______.

 Urinary System