What is meant by the term ureter?
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Tube carrying urine from a kidney to the bladder.
Key words: ureter
3(i) EXCRETION · RECALL
3.23B Structure of the urinary system
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What is meant by the term bladder?
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Muscular organ that stores urine.
Key words: bladder
What is meant by the term urethra?
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Tube carrying urine from bladder to outside.
Key words: urethra
What is meant by the term renal?
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Relating to the kidney.
Key words: renal
Urinary-system structures: for Kidney, give the connection and the function.
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Connection: Renal vessels and ureter. Function: Filters/regulates blood and forms urine.
Key words: Kidney
Urinary-system structures: for Ureter, give the connection and the function.
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Connection: Kidney to bladder. Function: Transports urine.
Key words: Ureter
Urinary-system structures: for Bladder, give the connection and the function.
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Connection: Between ureters and urethra. Function: Stores urine.
Key words: Bladder
Urinary-system structures: for Urethra, give the connection and the function.
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Connection: Bladder to exterior. Function: Releases urine.
Key words: Urethra
Urinary-system structures: for Renal artery/vein, give the connection and the function.
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Connection: Circulation to/from kidney. Function: Carry blood, not urine.
Key words: Renal artery/vein
True or false, and why? “The urethra joins each kidney to the bladder.”
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False. Ureters do; the urethra leaves the bladder.
True or false, and why? “The renal vein carries urine.”
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False. It carries blood away from the kidney.
True or false, and why? “Urine is stored in kidneys.”
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False. It is formed by kidneys and stored in the bladder.
Trace urine from where it is made to where it leaves the body.
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Kidney → ureter → bladder → urethra.
Key words: kidney · urethra
Which blood vessel brings blood to a kidney?
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The renal artery.
Key words: renal artery
How many ureters does a human have?
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Two (one from each kidney).
Key words: two