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Purpose of the urinary system?
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to regulate extracellular fluids by removing harmful substances and retaining useful products.
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What kidneys secrete?
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Erythropoietin, a hormone that acts on bone marrow to produce red blood cell when oxygen is low.
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What are the 4 structure of the unirary system?
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two kidneys
two ureters bladder urethra |
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Where are the kidney located?
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In the abdominal cavity just above the waitline the because outside location is retroperitoneal.
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What the renal artery does?
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Carries blood that contains waste producs to nephrons for filtering. After waste blood leave the kidney by way of way of the renal way.
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Explain renal pelvis function?
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Hollow chamber where urine passes through
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