• Two key functions of the?urinary system?are:
  • To?filter waste?products from the blood and expel it from the body as?urine
  • To control the?water levels?of the body (osmoregulation)

   

• The urinary system consists of two?kidneys?(found at the back of the abdomen) joined to the?bladder?by two tubes called the?ureters
• Another tube, the?urethra, carries urine from the bladder to outside the body
• Each kidney is also connected to:
  • The?renal artery?which comes from the aorta and delivers oxygenated blood to the kidney
  • The?renal vein?which delivers the deoxygenated blood from the kidney to the vena cava

   

The urinary system in humans

Main Structures of the Urinary System?Table