1) The average person pees

about 3000 times a year.

2) Most people, on average,
would breath about 6,286,920
times a year.
3) The human intestine is
usually 27 feet long and 10
inches. (8.5 meters long)

4) The average adult bladder can

hold 16-24 ounces of urine.
5) A liver would be about 3 pounds in
an average human.
6) The liver is rubbery to touch.
7) One kidney (aproximately)
measures to about 4 inches.
.

8) The average person's lung measures

about 12 inches.
9) An average person sheds from about
30000 to 40000 skin cells every minute.
10) The average person poops about 305
pounds a year.

Urinary System

 The urinary system is also

called the genitourinary
system, the urogenital system
and/or the excretory system.
This is a little confusing so

 The term excretory system

actually refers to all of the
systems that help excrete
waste from your body.
It is made up of several
systems. Including?

 While the genitourinary

system and/or the
urogenital system groups
the urinary and some of the
reproductive organs
together because of

 their proximity to each other,

the use of common pathways,
ex: male urethra.
And
their common embryological
origin

***because of their location, the

two systems are sometimes
diagnostically imaged together.

 The urinary system is

made of the
Kidneys (2)
Ureters (2)
Bladder (1)
Urethra (1)

 Function of the Urinary

system
In one word!!!
Homeostasis!

So What is

Homeostasis!
Homeo- constant, same
Stasis- equilibrium,
balance

So

Homeostasis!

Refers to the process of

keeping a constant
state of balance among
all of your bodily
activities.

 So what does your urinary

system keep in balance?
1. the concentrations of
various ions and other
important substances
constant. Na+, Cl-, K+,
HPO4-2, HCO3-1, CO2

2. the volume of water in

your body and blood
stream
3. The pH or acid/base
concentration of your
blood

Acid-Base Balance
pH below 7.35 = acidosis
pH above 7.45 = alkalosis
Affect all systems but nervous
system and cardiovascular very
sensitive to fluctuations
Severe acidosis deadly b/c:
CNS function deteriorates
Individual becomes comatose
Cardiac contractions grow weak and irregular
Symptoms of heart failure
Peripheral vasodilation
Dramatic drop in bp; circulatory collapse

4. your blood pressure

5. Your volume of red blood
cells
6. The amount of calcium in
your body

7. The cleanliness of your

blood by removing
wastes from your body
(urea, ammonia, drugs,
toxic substances)

How does the Urinary system

work? Very simply
By filtering your blood!
The Kidneys receive the
blood from the renal artery,
process it,

 return the processed blood

to the body through the
renal vein
remove the wastes and
other unwanted substances
in the urine.

 Urine flows from the kidneys

through the ureters to the
bladder. is stored in the
bladder until it is excreted
from the body through the
urethra.

Diagram showing the parts of the kidney and the nephron

 The nephron is the basic unit

of the kidney.
Each kidney is made up of
about one million nephrons

 A nephron is made up of a
long thin tube that is closed
at one end, has two twisted
regions interspaced with a
long hair-pin loop, ending in
a long straight portion and is
surrounded by capillaries.

 These tiny, tubular

structures stretch across
both regions (cortex and
medulla) perpendicular to
the surface of the kidney.
It is in the nephron that
filtration and reclamation
occurs.