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Describe the changes that occur in kidney and bladder function in old age?
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∙ 9y ago
When you get older, you are not able to hold your kidneys and bladder as often. You will also get very sick when you get any basic kind of infection.
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What is the function of ureter (from the kidney)?
Ureters carry urine form the kidney to the bladder (one from each kidney).
What are the ureter main functions?
The ureter are narrow and long tubes that connect the kidney to the bladder. The only function it performs is carrying the urine to the bladder from the kidney.
Function of major calyx?
method by which urine is passed from he kidney to the bladder.
What is the function of ureters in the excretory system?
Ureters carry urine form the kidney to the bladder (one from each kidney).
What if you have a kink in your ureter?
A Kink in your ureter, I just what is says.. It is a kink that is in the tube or tubes that go from your kidney's to your bladder. If there is a Kink it does not allow the urine from the kidney to drain properly. For me personally, it gave me cronic untreatable bladder infections, and consistent kidney infections. I also caused my kidney funtion to decline. By the time I had surgery my kidney function was only working at a 35% after the surgery, the infections went away, and my kidney function rose to 70%. However chronic infection did cause, damage to my kidney, and severe scar tissue around my bladder.
Can A bladder Infection cause swelling in legz?
It usually would not do this unless it affects kidney function.
What is the function of a pig's ureters?
Ureters allow for urine to leave the kidneys and enter the urinary bladder.
What is meant by the term kidney infection?
Kidney infection is a general term used to describe infection of the kidney by bacteria, fungi, or viruses. The infecting microbe may have invaded the kidney from the urinary bladder or from the bloodstream.
What are tubular urters?
The ureter is actually a tube. The tube's function is to carry urine from the kidney to the urinary bladder.
What is the function of the ureter in the male reproductive system?
In both males and females, the ureter transports urine from the kidneys to the bladder.
What are the function of the ureter and the urethra?
The ureter carries urine from the kidney to the bladder. In both sexes, the urethra carries urine from the bladder to the outside of the body. In addition, in males the urethra carries semen to the outside of the body.
Function of parts the excretory system?
bladder-storage place for waste kidney-blood filters and fluid regulator
