The urinary tract is the body’s drainage system for removing urine, which is composed of wastes and additional fluid. In sequence for normal urination to happen, all body parts in the urinary tract require to work as one in the proper order. The lower urinary tract includes the bladder and urethra. (National Kidney and Urologic Diseases Information Clearinghouse (NKUDIC), 2012). Urination is the process of emptying the bladder. To urinate, the lower urinary tract has two detached phases of activity:
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The Urinary System The urinary system plays a major role in maintaining the salt, water, and pH homeostasis of the blood. It carries out the process of excretion, which is the removal of metabolic waste from the body. The urinary system includes the kidneys, the ureter, the urinary bladder and the urethra. The kidneys produce the urine, the uteter transports the urine, the urinary bladder stores the urine and the urethra passes the urine outside of the body. As the bladder fills with urine, sensory
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Essay Assignment – Unit 3 cont’d Urinary System A. Describe the structure of a kidney nephron and its associated blood vessels. * There are two parts of a kidney nephron; the renal corpuscle and the renal tubule. The renal corpuscle is the part of the kidney where the blood plasma is filtered and the renal tubule is the part of the nephron where the glomerular filtrate passes through after reaching the Bowman’s capsule. The renal corpuscle is made of the Bowman’s capsule and the glomerulus
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articles about preventing urinary tract infection. The urinary system is one of the most important organs in the body, it is contain of kidney, ureter, bladder, and urethra. The kidney helps to filter the blood and it secretion the toxin out of the body by urethra. If the urinary system get any infection it will not working probably and it will disturb to another system. “Urinary tract infection (UTI) is a common bacterial infection known to affect the different parts of the urinary tract and the occurrence
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Aging has impacts on the urinary and reproductive system in the body and subsequently on the health and wellbeing of older people. Kidney and bladder are part of the urinary system and their function is affected by age. Some of the changes in the kidney relating to age are decrease in the number of nephrons (filtering units in the kidney), and the hardening of blood vessels surrounding the kidney (Patel & Wiggins, 2007). These changes cause the kidneys to filter blood more slowly and could lead to
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area. The Marshall-Marchetti-Krantz procedure uses sutures to attach these organs to the pelvic cartilage. The Marshall-Marchetti-Krantz procedure is performed to reinforce the bladder neck, which prevents unintentional urine loss also known as urinary stress incontinence. Stress incontinence is the unintentional loss of urine prompted by a physical movement or activity, such as coughing, sneezing or lifting heavy items, which puts pressure or stress on the bladder. Stress incontinence is also
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Urinary Frequency, Adult Urinary frequency means urinating more often than usual. People with urinary frequency urinate at least 8 times in 24 hours, even if they drink a normal amount of fluid. Although they urinate more often than normal, the total amount of urine produced in a day may be normal. Urinary frequency is also called pollakiuria. CAUSES This condition may be caused by: • A urinary tract infection. • Obesity. • Bladder problems, such as bladder stones. • Caffeine or alcohol
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make a small change to our route by getting into his blood stream. We will follow the superior mesenteric vein to the renal artery. Once there, we will travel through the heart, lungs and eventually reach his kidney. We will make our way into the urinary tract where we will eventually leave his body by way of his urethra. If we hurry, we can catch a ride on the tail end of it! As long as everyone is ready, let’s go Our journey will begin in Harold’s mouth, where he is chewing the last bite of his
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CHAPTER ONE 1. INTRODUCTION 1.0 DEFINITION OF TRADITIONAL MEDICINE, HERBAL PREPARATION AND FINISHED HERBAL PRODUCTS The World Health Organization (WHO) defines traditional medicine as the sum total of knowledge, skills and practices based on the theories, beliefs and experiences indigenous to different cultures. Traditional medicine is used in the maintenance of health the prevention, diagnosis, improvement or treatment of physical and mental illness, whether explicable or not and is
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connected to the posterior end of the mouth. We are now travelling downward through a long muscular tube that extends from the pharynx to the stomach and the food will then enter the esophagus. The pharynx serves two different functions in the digestive system; it has a flap of tissue called the epiglottis that acts as a switch to route food to the esophagus and air to the larynx (enchantedlearning.com, 2001). The food has now entered the esophagus and we are experiencing a series of rhythmic, wave like
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