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Urinary System
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Primary function is to regulate the volume and composition of fluids in the body and remove waste products from the blood.
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Kidneys
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Rlie just above the waist on either side of the vertebral column, behind the posterior wall of the abdomen. Embedded in adipose tissue as protection. Play an important role in regulating blood pressure.
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Nephron
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Help regulate blood composition and urine formation, located inside the kidneys, each kidney contains over 1 million of these blood processing units.
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Renal Artery
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Takes blood into the kidney, branches into arterioles, and then into the nephrons.
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Renal vein
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Takes blood out of the kidneys that has been processed by the nephrons.
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Renal pelvis
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Enlarged funnel-shaped extension of the urteter that receives waste material from the nephrons and takes waste out through the ureter.
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Gonads
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Primary sex organs for both men and women.
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Testes
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Paired oval glands that descend into the scrotum, contain specialized structures that are responsible for producing the gametes (sperm).
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Scrotum
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Saclike structure holding testes.
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Vas deferens
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Sperm transporting duct, long tube for transporting sperm.
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Ejaculatory ducts
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Duct that ejaculates sperm.
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Prostate Gland
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Located next to the ejaculatory ducts.
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Penis
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Exerternal genital organ in males. Used for reproduction and urination.
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Prepuce
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Foreskin
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Nephro/o, nephroma
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Kidney, tumor of the kidney
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