Place smoke detectors in the best places around the house. It is important to install detectors near sleeping areas and on every level of your home. Also place a detector in hallways and a carbon monoxide detector near heating, such as gas furnaces. Avoid installing a smoke detector in the kitchen.
The kidneys perform the excretory functions of this system. These organs produce urine, a fluid waste product containing water, ions, and small soluble compounds. Urine leaving the kidneys travels along the urinary tract, which consists of the paired ureters and the urinary bladder, where urine is temporarily stored. When urination, or micturition, occurs, contraction of the muscular urinary bladder forces urine through the.
Think of these organs as storage containers. The bladder stores your urine, the uterus your baby, and the rectum your faeces. Each organ is connected to the outside by a tube, urethra, which is about 4cm long, vagina, which is 10-12cm long, and anus, also about 4 cm long.