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What stores the urine formed by the kidneys?
urinary bladder: An elastic, muscular sac situated in the pelvic cavity, into which urine from the kidneys is stored prior to disposal by urination. Urine enters the bladder via the ureters and exits via the urethra.
What is the organ that produces urine?
Two bean-shaped organs, each about the size of a fist. They are located just below your rib cage, one on each side of your spine. Every day, your kidneys filter about 120 to 150 quarts of blood to remove wastes and balance fluids. This process produces about 1 to 2 quarts of urine per day.
What is the relationship between the kidney and urine?
The urinary tract is important because it filters wastes and extra fluid from the bloodstream and removes them from the body. The ureters, bladder, and urethra move urine from the kidneys and store it until releasing it from the body.
What is the process of urine from the kidneys?
Your kidneys receive the blood from the renal artery, process it, return the processed blood to the body through the renal vein and remove the wastes and other unwanted substances in the urine. Urine flows from the kidneys through the ureters to the bladder.
What part of the kidney produces urine?
The kidneys receive fresh blood from the heart via the renal artery, and drains filtered blood back to the heart via the renal vein. The nephron is the functional part of the kidney….meaning it is where urine is produced. Each kidney contains MILLIONS of nephrons which are found in the renal cortex and renal medulla of the kidney.
How does the kidney filter the blood to make urine?
The tubule adjusts the level of salts, water, and wastes that will leave the body in the urine. Filtered blood leaves the kidney through the renal vein and flows back to the heart. Pee leaves the kidneys and travels through the ureters to the bladder.