Urinary SystemAnatomy and Physiology Zoe McCarthy 1 Urinary System in Context 2 Urinary System in Context System How does it do it? 3 Functions of the Urinary system • 1. Regulating blood volume and pressure • 2. Regulating plasma concentrations of sodium‚ potassium‚ chloride and other ions • 3. Stabilising blood pH • 4. Conserving nutrients • 5. Detoxifying poisons (with the liver) 4 Organisation of the Urinary System • • • • Kidneys Ureters Urinary bladder Urethra 5 Position of
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Urinary Incontinence is a fairly common problem among people. It is the loss of bladder control and in some cases fecal control. Some say it’s just a normal stage of aging. Others say‚ in women it’s a result of giving birth to children. Fortunately neither one of those ate completely true. Science shows that neither of these causes incontinence. Urinary Incontinence is in fact a disease with many causes. Some simple and some complex‚ but millions of people living with this disease. Those who
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Lecture Outlines* *See PowerPoint image slides for all figures and tables pre-inserted into PowerPoint without notes”. 17 -1 Chapter 17 Urinary System 17 -2 CopyrightThe McGraw-Hill Companies‚ Inc. Permission required for reproduction or display. Introduction A. The urinary system consists of two kidneys that filter the blood‚ two ureters‚ a urinary bladder‚ and a urethra to convey waste substances to the outside. 17 -3 Copyright The McGraw-Hill Companies‚ Inc. Permission required for
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25 The Urinary System: Urinary System Organs * Kidneys are major excretory organs * Urinary bladder is the temporary storage reservoir for urine * Ureters transport urine from the kidneys to the bladder * Urethra transports urine out of the body Kidney Functions * Removal of toxins‚ metabolic wastes‚ and excess ions from the blood * Regulation of blood volume‚ chemical composition‚ and pH Kidney Functions * Gluconeogenesis during prolonged fasting * Endocrine functions * Renin: regulation
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diseases is urinary incontinence. Urinary Incontinence can be defined as a medical condition in which the patient loses the control of the bladder. Generally‚ it is more common in women more than men. Fifty to eighty percent of the elderly are affected by urinary incontinence. Depending on the condition the leakage varies from a small dribble to a large quantity of urine. There are about three to six million people with urinary incontinence in the UK alone. Two hundred people worldwide have urinary incontinence
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Urinalysis Laszlo Vass‚ Ed.D. Version 42-0026-00-01 Lab RepoRt assistant This document is not meant to be a substitute for a formal laboratory report. The Lab Report Assistant is simply a summary of the experiment’s questions‚ diagrams if needed‚ and data tables that should be addressed in a formal lab report. The intent is to facilitate students’ writing of lab reports by providing this information in an editable
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Assessment of Drug Utilization Patterns of Antibacterials in Ear‚ Nose and Throat Infections at Railway General Hospital (IIMC TRUST)‚ Rawalpindi‚ Pakistan. Dr. Sumreen Javed‚ Dr Aisha Khan. Riphah Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences‚ Riphah International University G-7/4 Islamabad‚ Pakistan. Introduction: Drug utilization review (DUR) is defined as the marketing‚ distribution‚ prescription‚ and use of medicines in a society‚ with special emphasis on the resulting medical‚ social and economic
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Mark Foust AP2630 Unit 7 Assignment 1: Urinary System Homeostasis Due Date: November 4‚ 2014 Homeostatic Imbalances a Person on Dialysis Might Face Homeostasis is extremely important for proper functioning of all the human body systems. When our body is not able to regulate temperature all our body functions will fail to work. Even the enzymes need a specific constant temperature to work at their optimum level. At higher temperatures the enzymes will stop working. Dialysis is the artificial process
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What is the Urinary System? The urinary is system is a system of production‚ storage‚ and the elimination of urine. Formation and elimination of the urine is important for the human body because it contains nitrogenous wastes of the body that must be eliminated to maintain homeostasis. The urinary system is important for keeping the internal environment of the body clean. This particular system maintains proper homeostasis of water‚ salts and nitrogenous wastes (Iqba‚ 2010). There are four major
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INFECTION CONTROL Pathogen- Infectious agent Colonization- If microorganism is present or invades host‚ grows and/or multiplies but does not cause infection. Communicable disease- if infectious disease can be transmitted from one person to another. -Symptomatic-if pathogens multiply and cause clinical signs/symptoms. -Asymptomatic- if no s/s are present *CHAIN OF INFECTION: 1. An infectious agent or pathogen 2. A reservoir or source for pathogen growth 3. A portal of exit from the
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