Urinary System Review

Stores urine

Removes substances from the blood

Transports urine from the kidneys to the bladder

Conveys urine to the outside of the body

Proximal Tubule

Distal Tubule

Bowman's Capsule

Collecting Duct

Loop of Henle

Collecting Duct

Distal Tubule

Proximal Tubule

Filtration

Reabsorption and concentration of urine

Secretion of substances into the filtrate

Collection of urine

To the bladder directly

Back to the bloodstream

To the Collecting Duct

To the Loop of Henle

To collect urine from the nephron loop

To reabsorb water and nutrients from the filtrate

To filter blood and form filtrate

To secrete waste substances into the filtrate

Glomerular capsule

Distal convoluted tubule

Nephron loop

Collecting duct

Filtration of blood

Reabsorption of glucose

Secretion of potassium

Collection and transport of urine to the renal pelvis

Ureter

Nephron

Bladder

Urethra

100,000

500,000

1 million

2 million