releases into
flow into
rushes back into
dumps into
flows into
flows into
happens here
flows into
squeezes liquid into
starts with
flows down into

Urinary System

Renal Arteries

r

blood flows through from the heart

Glomerulus

r

capillaries that are the beginning of the nephron

Bowman's capsule

r

this liquid is called filtrate including water, urea, ions and molecules

Proximal Convoluted Tubule

r

mostly organic solutes reabsorbed like glucose and amino acidshelps to recapture sodium and potassium

Osmoregulation

r

has pumps and other types of passive and active transport to filter out water and other materials the body needs

Loop of Henle

r

long and hairpin shapedmost or the reabsorption happens in this loopextracts most of the water and salts the body needs

Distal Convoluted Tubule

r

regulates levels of potassium, sodium and calcium

Collected Ducts

Medulla

r

center of the kidneysalty

Beginning of the Nephron

Ureters

r

carries waste

Bladder

r

holding tank basically

Urethra

r

tubes that empties the bladder