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Urinary System
The urinary system, including the kidneys, ureters, bladder, urethra and sphincters, allows us to expel waste from our body. Ask questions about this vital system here.
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How do you know whether you have chlamydia or a UTI?
I am not a Doctor or anything, but I can attempt to answer this question based on my own personal experiences. Although a yeast infection can have a funny odor, it is usually different from bacteria. Bacteria usually has a foul-like "fishy" odor. The discharge is usually thin, and clear. A yeast infection on the other hand, has a cottage cheese like discharge, and the smell is usually "musky". Not to mention a yeast infection itches like mad, and can be very annoying. My suggestion is to go to the Doctor and not to try and diagnose yourself, because although you can get medicine for a yeast infection over the counter, medicine for bacteria can only be prescribed, and trust me the longer you wait on either on of these infections the worse it is.
Hope that helps,
The kidneys filter what from the blood and form urine?
Urine, if it is liquid waste, or feces if it is solid waste. but i don't actually think kidneys process the solid waste... hope this helped! ;D
What precautions need to be taken when doing kidney function tests?
The biopsy is not recommended for patients who have any uncontrollable bleeding disorders. Platelets are blood cells that play an important role in the blood clotting process. If the bleeding disorder is caused by a low platelet count.
How does the urinary system and respiratory system work together?
This has to do with acid-base homeostasis. Normal blood pH is 7,4.
- Alkalosis = pH >7,4
- Acidosis = pH <7,4
Then you have 2 types for each one, respiratory or metabolic.
- Respiratory alkalosis = CO2 <40mmHg
- Respiratory acidosis = CO2 >45mmHg
- Metabolic alkalosis = HCO3- >26mEq
- Metabolic acidosis = HCO3- <22mEq
If your breathing rate goes beyond 20 per minute (hyperventilation), CO2 goes down and pH goes up. Then your body compensates this by losing HCO3- in the urine, lowering the pH.
If your breathing rate slows down below 15 per minute (hypoventilation), CO2 goes up and pH goes down. Then you reabsorb more HCO3- in the kidneys, raising the pH.
If your kidneys start malfunctioning, your body can't excrete acid compounds and HCO3- gets consumed, then the pH goes down. Your breathing rate goes faster in order to excrete more CO2, raising the pH.
And in some cases the kidneys reabsorb more HCO3- than they should, and pH goes up. Then your breathing rate slows down, CO2 goes up and pH goes down.
In some cases, pH can vary due to other reasons, such as diabetes or diarrhea, which can produce acidosis, or severe vomiting, that produces alkalosis. These are classified as metabolic as well, but can be regulated both by the respiratory and the urinary system, though the latter is rather inefficient in these cases.
How urine is removed from the blood and then eliminated from the body?
Urine is formed in the kidneys, specifically by the renal tubules in the nephrons of the kidneys. It then is collected by the renal pelvis, where it exits though the ureters, moves to the bladder where it is stored until urination, during which it is expelled through the urethra.
What is the Average time between urination?
In his life? Wow... I wouldn't even be able to hedge a guess.
The number of times you urinate depends on many factors, including how much water you drink, if you drink any diuretic substances such as tea, soda, or coffee, certain medications you may take, your activity level (loss of fluids through sweat decreases urination), the size and tone of your bladder, the size of your prostate, and whether you might have any urinary tract infections or abnormalities.
As you see, it can be a quite complex thing to ask such a question.
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a day, it tends to depend on what you do. generally 2 times if you are just hanging around, but up to 4 or 5 if you are working out for 8 or 9 hours.
But if you mean daily you should do it about 2-4times a day
What does it mean when your urine has a foul smell?
Sometimes it is just something you have eaten, garlic and asparagus are prime suspects, but if you haven't been eating anything like that an infection is the most likely. Also, certain medications can cause the urine to have an odor as they pass through your system. Vitamins, especially in large doses are notorious for causing these symptoms. If your are not drinking enough water or fluids it will cause your urine to be more concentrated, giving it an odor and dark color. If your symptoms do not resolve, see your doctor.
What is the main organ of urination?
The Kidney which then stores the urine in the bladder prior to it passed ou of the body via the urethra.
Can the human body function without their Kidneys?
The kidney is used to 'clean' the blood. You could get on ok without one for a few days but then your health would go downhill as the toxins in your blood build up. It's possible, but you would have to go through a process of dialysis every few days for the rest of your life, where a machine has to clean the blood for you.
Have pressure in my bladder and feels like I have to pee?
an overactive bladder, but that is probably something you are born with (im no doctor) If this just started happening, maybe you just drink more liquids or maybe your pregnant. I would doubt you would be pregnant because my girlfriend and i have had that scare and she seems to have to pee alot before her next period. If it becimes overwhelming i would see a doctor though.
What is the bladder able to expand as urine accumulates within due to the presence of?
Transitional Epithilium
Why does urine come out your rectum?
Recto-vesicular fistula?
Carcinoma of bladder with colonic adhesions?
What happens to the urine that is formed in the kidney?
The urine will go in the urinary bladder in some processes and your body will have a sign that you should take out the urine in your body.
After filtering by the kidneys, urine flows to the bladder via two tubes called ureters. One ureter links each kidney to the bladder.
What is the role of urinary bladder in excretory system?
The kidneys and urinary bladder work together, yes, but they are in the URINARY system. They process and get rid of fluid waste. But they are NOT in the excretory system.
The kidneys process the fluid wastes, then releases the fluid as urine, which is stored in the urinary bladder.
The work alongside the excretory system. The excretory system processes solid and semi-solid wastes by drawing fluid into the small intestines. When done processing the waste, the large intestines releases excess fluids over to the kidneys to process the fluid. At times when this balance is not maintained, such as during the flu, the intestines releases wastes as diarrhea because there isn't enough time between excretions to shuttle the excess fluids to the kidneys.
How do you keep your excretory system healthy?
Overuse of laxatives tops the list of unhealthy practices because the medication pulls fluid into the intestines to help you go. When you stop the laxative, your body has forgotten what to do naturally. Laxatives become a yo-yo measure to just have a bowel movement.
Overuse of energy drinks are a second unhealthy habit. Increased caffeine stimulates the heart and intestines, making diarrhea inevitable. Then people take meds to control diarrhea, not realizing it can make them constipated, so they go back to laxatives... viscous cycle!
And street drugs, especially unauthorized narcotic use slows the intestines. But this form of constipation does not always resolve with laxatives, and it too becomes a cycle.
Lack of fiber in the diet is a well known cause of bowel troubles.
Can kidney stones make you fatigue?
Yes, why? because our kidney is our kidney acts as a filter to our body.
What is found in the urine under normal conditions?
The normal finding would be a lack of finding.
So - no blood, no protein, no glucose, no ketones, no nitrites or nitritrates, no albumin, no bilirubin.
The urine should be clear, not cloudy or flocculent, have a characteristic but not offensive odour and have a Specific Gravity between 1000 and 1020.
Is it bad if it burns when you pee?
Burning sensation when peeing is usually due to having a urine infection which women have more frequently than men. If you have been sexually active recently though and have had unprotected sex you may well have been in contact with a sexually transmitted disease. You will need to visit a doctor I think. Hope this helps.
Which organ does the the bladder belong to?
Yes, the bladder is an organ. It's made up of multiple tissues (e.g. columnar epithelium, smooth muscle) that have a single fuction (storing and eliminating urine).
Where is the women urethra hole located?
A woman's urethra is located at the bottom of the public bone. It is in front of the vagina.
