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  2. Urinary System: Organs, Anatomy, Function & Conditions

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    Your urinary system plays a critical role in keeping you alive. It filters your blood and removes waste and excess water through your pee. Your urinary system includes your kidneys, ureters, bladder and urethra.

  3. The urinary system produces, stores, and excretes urine via a filtration mechanism in which potentially harmful molecules are removed from the body. It also plays a crucial role in water homeostasis, electrolyte and acid-base balance, and red blood cell production.The human urinary tract is comprised of two kidneys, two ureters, one bladder ...

  4. Anatomy of the Urinary System | Johns Hopkins Medicine

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    The urinary system's function is to filter blood and create urine as a waste by-product. The organs of the urinary system include the kidneys, renal pelvis, ureters, bladder and urethra. The body takes nutrients from food and converts them to energy.

  5. Urinary system - Wikipedia

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    The urinary system refers to the structures that produce and transport urine to the point of excretion. In the human urinary system there are two kidneys that are located between the dorsal body wall and parietal peritoneum on both the left and right sides.

  6. The Urinary Tract & How It Works - NIDDK

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    The urinary tract is the bodys drainage system for removing urine, which is made up of wastes and extra fluid. For normal urination to occur, all body parts in the urinary tract need to work together, and in the correct order.

  7. Urinary system: Organs, anatomy and clinical notes | Kenhub

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    The urinary system consists of 4 major organs; the kidneys, ureters, urinary bladder and the urethra. Together these organs act to filter blood, remove waste products, create urine and transport urine out from the body.

  8. What is the Urinary System? - Urologists.org

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    The urinary system contains the kidneys, bladder, ureters, and urethra which together create, store and eliminate urine. Learn more about how it works.