Introduction to the Urinary System and Gross Anatomy

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©McGraw-Hill Education Biology 2402 Chapter 24 Urinary System ©McGraw-Hill Education Introduction to the Urinary System ©McGraw-Hill Education 24.1 Introduction to the Urinary System1 Components of the urinary system • Kidneys, filter blood • Remove waste products and convert filtrate into urine • Ureters, transport urine • From kidneys to urinary bladder • Bladder, expandable muscular sac • Stores as much as 1 L urine • Urethra, eliminates urine from body • Kidneys, filter blood • Remove waste products and convert filtrate into urine • Ureters, transport urine • From kidneys to urinary bladder • Bladder, expandable muscular sac • Stores as much as 1 L urine • Urethra, eliminates urine from body ©McGraw-Hill Education Urinary System: Anterior View Figure 24.1a ©McGraw-Hill Education/Christine Eckel Copyright McGraw-Hill Education. All riqhts reserved. No reproduction or distribution without the prior written consent of McGraw-Hill Education ©McGraw-Hill Education Urinary System: Posterior View Figure 24.1b Copyright McGraw-Hill Education.All rights reserved. No reproduction or distribution without the prior written consent of McGraw-Hill Education. ©McGraw-Hill Education 24.1 Intro...