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Guide 5B Urinary System

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Urinary System Objectives

Urinary Overview

Describe the properties of water that make it a critical molecule for life as we know it; provide examples of ways humans take in and lose water; and list the various components of blood plasma, including their sources and functions.

Urinary Organs

List the urinary organs and state the function(s) of each organ; describe the structure of a nephron and how it filters, reabsorbs, and secretes; and explain the important functions of the smooth muscle and transitional epithelial tissue in the bladder.

Urinary Disorders

Describe the types of information provided by urinalysis, including some of the limitations of trying to make diagnoses simply based on urine characteristics; list and describe various kidney diseases, including kidney stones, renal cancer, and polycystic disease; and explain what is a common cause of urinary tract infections, and explain why females are more likely to get urinary tract infections than males.

System Interactions

Explain why certain urinary misconceptions are incorrect; describe the basic structures and functions of the liver, including common disorders; and list different ways excessive alcohol, including alcohol poisoning, can disrupt homeostasis in the body.

Urinary System Quiz

Quiz Directions

Complete all four sections and take the quiz on Canvas.

Use the learning objectives above to guide your studying.

Urinary System Media

Introduced in Urinary Organs section of this guide:

Media transmits information in many forms: text, photos, sound, videos, models, illustrations, etc. Often we select the media form we are used to making, but it can be more effective to match the media to the message.

For this media piece, you are selecting a simple concept about the human body and representing it in two different forms of media.

Step #1: Select a simple body concept. Simple concepts could be the structure of a nephron, the equation for cellular respiration, the five types of white blood cells, the length of the small intestine, the basic dietary food groups, etc.

Step #2: Make two different pieces of media about the same concept. It could be a photo and a short descriptive paragraph; a drawing and a poem; or any other combination that captures the concept in two different ways.

Step #3: Briefly explain whether you think one of your media forms is better than the other at conveying information, and/or if you think the concept is more effectively conveyed with both media pieces.

You are turning in:

A. your originally created two media forms about the same simple human body concept, and

B. your thoughts about the effectiveness of the media forms you chose to make in conveying information about the concept.

Media Directions

To be completed after taking the quiz on Canvas.

Once you have completed your safety checklist, upload it to Canvas. Your checklist can be submitted as a PDF, a word document, a photo, or even a video. Multiple assignment formats are supported.

Human Biology Portfolio

Portfolio Directions

Your multi media piece would be an excellent example of a human connection outcome and could be added to the final portfolio. Another possibility would be to select and group together a few of your quiz answers that fit a particular science theme, like answers about “cells.”

Outcomes

Learn more about the Urinary System

If you would like to learn more about the topics introduced in this course, please visit the resources page.

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