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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 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.
What effect does salt intake have upon urine salt concentration and volume?
The renal system (kidneys) is the main regulator of both blood volume and blood salt concentration, but the two factors are regulated somewhat independently of each other as both the volume of urine produced and it's salt concentration vary with their own hormone system.
What would be some reasons why you cannot urinate?
There are an unlimited number of reasons why you cannot urinate. You may have swelling in that area of your body for example.
What is the mechanism of urine formation?
The mechanism of urine formation takes place by three steps. they are glomerular filtration, tubular reabsorption and tubular secretion.
What is the cause of a constant burning pain between the rectum and the urethra?
A infection or a STD. I highly suggest you going to a doctor ASAP
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Does our kidneys collect and store urine formed by your bladder?
It takes place in the urinary bladder after it is brought there by the ureters.
Which term best describe the specific filtration structure of the urinary system?
Nephrons, which contain loops of henle, are the filtering structures in the kidney.
What are organs that hold urine until it leaves the body?
You hold the urine for some time in urinary bladder. Urinary bladder is situated in your pelvic cavity. The formation of the urine is continuous process. You can not go on urinating continuously. That is why the urinary bladder is there.
What is the relationship between the urethra and the bladder?
The ureters cross under (deep) to the ductus deferens to enter into the urinary bladder.
What is prolapse of bladder into the urethra?
A urethral caruncle is a prolapse of the female urethra. It is more common with age.
How much blood do your kidneys filter per day?
The average human has about 1.0 to 1.5 gallons of blood. The kidneys continually filter this throughout the day, all the blood being filtered about once every 45 minutes or so.
There are 32 x 45 minute cycles in a day, therefore the figure is between
(32 x 1.0 =) 32 gallons a day, and (32 x 1.5 =) 48gallons a day
The BBC Body page puts the figure at 150 liters a day which is around 40 US (33 UK) gallons. Other data source puts the figure at about 180 liters a day, which is 48 US ( 40 UK) gallons.
Obviously the amount filtered each day in any individual case will depend on such things as body blood volume and activity (or otherwise!) of the person etc
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What are the 3 steps for urine formation?
Filtration
As blood courses through the glomeruli, much of its fluid, containing both useful chemicals and dissolved waste materials, soaks out of the blood through the membranes (by osmosis and diffusion) where it is filtered and then flows into the Bowman's capsule. This process is called glomerular filtration
Reabsorption
by definition, is the movement of substances out of the renal tubules back into the blood capillaries located around the tubules (called the peritubular copillaries). Substances reabsorbed are water, glucose and other nutrients, and sodium (Na+) and other ions
Secretion
In this respect, secretion is reabsorption in reverse. Whereas reabsorption moves substances out of the tubules and into the blood, secretion moves substances out of the blood and into the tubules where they mix with the water and other wastes and are converted into urine.
How is blood filtered in kidneys?
Blood gets filtered because of the Nephrons, which are tiny little blood capillaries inside the kidneys.
Do you let your kids pee their pants?
NO YOU DON'T! If he or she does not
pee it may cause kidney damage.
