TRAVEL:

RED BLOOD CELLS

• Blood begins its journey in the Heart.
• From the heart blood travels to the aorta.

RED BLOOD CELLS

• After the aorta, blood travels through the renal artery.
• From here the blood travels into the kidney.

RED BLOOD CELLS

• While in the kidney blood is filtered.
• Waste substances are filtered out of the blood.

RED BLOOD CELLS

• After the blood is filtered it travels to the renal vein.

REDD BLOOD CELLS

• Blood passes through the renal vein and back to the heart.

WATER

• Water exits the heart with the blood.
• With the blood, water travels to the aorta.

WATER

• Again like blood, water travels through the renal artery.

WATER

• In the kidneys water is filtered from the blood.
• Most of the water is filtered out in the ureter.

WATER

• Water is sent to the bladder from the ureter.
• Water is stored in the bladder.

WATER

• Water then exits the body through the urethra.

POTASSIUM

• Potassium travels from the heart into the aorta.

POTASSIUM

• Potassium travels with the blood through the renal artery.

POTASSIUM

• Some potassium is collected in the collecting duct.
• It is then sent back to the heart.
• Some other potassium is sent to the bladder.

POTASSIUM

• Some potassium is redistributed through the body.
• Other potassium is stored in the bladder.

POTASSIUM

• The potassium stored is then sent out of the body.