Kidneys serve multiple purposes:
• Excretion – the discharge of water -soluble metabolic waste products and foreign compounds as urine
• Regulation – maintain an appropriate fluid volume and electrolyte concentrations in body fluids, normal blood pressure, and blood pH.
• Endocrine – hormone secretion
• Regulation of blood pressure by Renin
The ureters are fibromuscular tubes that transport urine from the kidney to the bladder via peristalsis. As with the urinary bladder, it is lined with transitional epithelium (urothelium).
The urinary bladder is a muscular sac that stores urine, enabling infrequent and voluntary urination. It has a thick layer of smooth muscle and is lined by transitional epithelium (urothelium)..
Kidneys serve multiple purposes:
• Excretion – the discharge of water -soluble metabolic waste products and foreign compounds as urine
• Regulation – maintain an appropriate fluid volume and electrolyte concentrations in body fluids, normal blood pressure, and blood pH.
• Endocrine – hormone secretion
• Regulation of blood pressure by Renin
Ureter
The ureters are fibromuscular tubes that transport urine from the kidney to the bladder via peristalsis. As with the urinary bladder, it is lined with transitional epithelium (urothelium).
Urinary Bladder
The urinary bladder is a muscular sac that stores urine, enabling infrequent and voluntary urination. It has a thick layer of smooth muscle and is lined by transitional epithelium (urothelium)..