URINARY SYSTEM

By: Kailyn, Emma, and Leslie

ORGANS THAT CONSISTS OF THE URINARY SYSTEM

The Kidneys, The Ureters, The Urinary Bladder, The Urethra

IMPORTANT ORGANS IN THE URINARY SYSTEM

FACTS:

The average bladder holds between 300ml and 600ml of urine. That’s similar to a can of fizzy drink or a pint of milk.

The main function of the bladder is to store and release waste in the form of urine.

The bladder is a stretchy, muscular bag that sits just behind the pubic bone. The bladder is like a balloon and swells into a round shape when full and gets

smaller when empty. If the urinary system is healthy, urine may stay in the bladder for up to about

5 hours before excretion, depending on the amount of liquid consumed. We also obtain some fluid from food.

The average person passes approx. 1.5 litres to 2 litres of urine in 24 hours.

The muscle in the bladder wall is called the ‘detrusor’ muscle. If muscles supporting the bladder are weakened, you may

suffer from stress incontinence. You can help to strengthen these by doing pelvic floor exercises.

The inside of the bladder is covered with a urine-proof lining called the urothelium.

The bladder has tubes called ureters going into it and a tube called a urethra going out of it

A normal bladder completely empties every time you pass urine.

A normal bladder does not leak. There are a number of things you can do to try and maintain a

healthy bladder including: keeping a healthy fluid intake, avoiding constipation by following a healthy diet and doing pelvic floor exercises.

If the urinary system is healthy, urine may stay in the bladder for up to about 5 hours before excretion, depending on the amount of liquid consumed. We also obtain some fluid from food.

The urinary system is what makes you pee.

“The word “urine” is from the Latin urina, which is from the variant of the Proto-Indo-European root *awer, meaning “to moisten, flow.”

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