For our unit we are doing the urinary system.  for the urinary system unit we have done the projects on different kinds of diseases.      I had done bulimia for my project and you can see my other blog about bulimia at my home page.  We have now also done another project for this unit.  We have been split into many groups.  I was in a group with Aidan.  For the project we had to talk about a make believe journey we had in the, urinary system!  All the groups did a “story board that” for the make believe journey we had.  The story board was done by Aiden with some of my Input on it, so it was a group effort and I did the research and Aiden did some research also.  The research that we did together is down below.  The story board that we did is also quite funny.  It is about a family with Aiden and me and our two parents.  We go to a Christmas tree farm in the story and Aiden has to go to the bathroom so then we left with out a Christmas tree for Aiden to go to the bathroom.  In the story we got pulled over by the cops because our father sped up over the speed limit.  After a wile in the story Aiden finds a restroom and gets relief.  For the last part of the project we also had a visual of the urinary system.  it was on a piece of paper.  We used the supplies we got given to use.  We used a styrofoam ball cut in half and candy.  We had fun with this project together, it is always fun to do projects for units thank you Shane.  On the poster we labeled the different parts of the urinary system like, the bladder.  This was fun to do and I hope there are more fun projects to finish off my year of pathfinder, because now I’m in eighth grade.  Oh boy what happened-HA! HA!

 

 

 

RENAL ARTERY

The renal artery Is a pair of large blood veins that branch off of the abdominal aorta.  

The renal artery enters through the hilum located wear the kidney curves.  After the renal artery enters the hilum it splits into two main branches, they then split into numerous smaller arteries which deliver blood into many parts of the kidney.  The nephrons

Renal vein

The renal veins carry blood from the kidneys to the inferior vena cava.  There are two renal veins, one on the left side and right side of your lower abdomen.

Kidney 

The kidney is a bean shaped organ on either side of your spinal cord below your ribs and behind your belly.Each kidney  is about 4 or 5 inches long, roughly the size of a large fist. The kidneys’ job is to filter blood.

NEPHRON

The nephron is the kidney function.  The function of the nephron is producing urine and also it removes wastes and excess substances from the blood.  There are about 1,000,000 nephrons in a person’s kidney.  

BLADDER

The bladder is a muscular sac located at the pelvis.  Its function is holding the urine waste.  When the bladder the urine gets disposed out of the bladder out into the vast world.  The bladder is layered by tissues and muscle to stretch to hold more and more urine.

URETERS

There are two ureters in your body, they are two long tubes connected from the kidneys two the bladder. They carry urine from the kidneys to the bladder.  There are muscles in the outside of the ureters to force the urine down word to the bladder.  If the urine is not forced down or stays up, wear the kidney is, there is a chance of kidney disease.

URETHRA

The urethra is a tube that carries the urine from inside of the body to outside of the body to the toilet…usually in the toilet.  Its main function is disposing of your pee.