Urinary System

Digestive System

Parts and Functions in Humans

Kidneys (Nephron) filter blood,

Ureter, Bladder, Urethra
Nephron: Glomerulus filtration,
Bowman's Capsule filtration,
Proximal and Distal Tubules
reabsorption, Loop of Henle
reabsorption, Collecting Duct
excess water

Oral cavity ingestion, pharynx air

and food, esophagus transports
food to stomach, stomach
chemical and mechanical
digestion, small intestine nutrient
absorption, villi/micro villi
increase surface area, large
intestine excess water and
waste, liver breaks toxins,
gallbladder bile, pancreas blood
sugar

Other Organisms Structures

Protonepheridia flatworms,
metanephridia earth worms,
malpighain tubules insects

Sponges intracellular digestion,

cnidarian gastro cavity,
Platyhelminthes gastor cavity,
mollusks, annelids

Connection to Cell Transport

Reabsorption active and passive

transport, secretion active
transport

Water transport and diffusion

across membrane

Summary, Artifact, and Reflection #6

This artifact gives me a visual representation to help me understand the urinary system and
digestive system. It also relates the necessary parts back to cellular transport. I initially
struggled with the cell transport relation but I understand it now.
Standards: 2.D.2: b, c, 4.A.4: a, 4.B.2: a2, 3