The Urinary System

3.5 Category A Credits

 

Course Description

The urinary system has roles you may be well aware like cleansing the blood and ridding the body of wastes. However, there are additional, equally important functions played by the system. For example, regulation of pH, a function shared with the lungs and the buffers in the blood. Additionally, the regulation of blood pressure is a role shared with the heart and blood vessels. What about regulating the concentration of solutes in the blood? Did you know that the kidney is important in determining the concentration of red blood cells? Eighty-five percent of the erythropoietin (EPO) produced to stimulate red blood cell production is produced in the kidneys.
If the kidneys fail, these functions are compromised or lost altogether, with devastating effects on homeostasis. The affected individual might experience weakness, lethargy, shortness of breath, anemia, widespread edema, metabolic acidosis, rising potassium levels, heart arrhythmias, and more. Each of these functions is vital to your well-being and survival.

This course will help you to understand the anatomy of the urinary system and how it enables the physiologic functions critical to homeostasis. It is best to think of the kidney as a regulator of plasma makeup rather than simply a urine producer. You will also understand how the urinary system maintains homeostasis and affects all the other systems of the body and the quality of one’s life.

• ARRT® – Accepted
• NMTCB – Accepted for CNMT
• Texas – Accepted – Direct
• Florida – Accepted – Technical
• California – Not Accepted
• All Other States – Accepted

 

     Course expires 10/31/2027