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Functions of the urinary
system.
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Collect water and filters body fluids .
 Removes and concentrates waste products
from body.
 Eliminates excretory products from body.
Kidney
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The kidney is a bean shaped organ that
removes harmful substances from the blood.
Bladder
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The bladder is a baglike organ that stores
urine until it can be eliminated through the
urethra.
Ureters
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The ureters is a slender tube that carries
urine from each kidney to the urinary
bladder.
Urethra
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The urethra is a slender tube that carries
urine and also semen through the penis to
the outside; in female it is a slender tube
that carries urine to the outside.
Nephron
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The nephron removes a variety of harmful
substances from the body. It is located
inside the kidney. There are millions of
nephrons inside the kidney.
Diseases that affect the
system
Nephritis- is the presence of blood in the
urine.
Nephrosis- is when there is excretion of
abnormally large amounts of protein
causing foamy urine.
Urinary system relationships with
other systems.

The nervous and skeletal systems help
regulate the release of urine.
 The circulatory system helps cleansing the
blood off wastes and removing excess
fluids.
If the urinary system failed
If the system failed the person will not be able
to get rid of wastes which causes death.
Citations
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http://biology.clc.uc.edu/courses/Bio105/kidney.htm
(January 11th 2010)
http://www.emc.maricopa.edu/faculty/farabee/BIOBK/Bio
BookEXCRET.html (January 12th 2010)
http://www.biology4kids.com/files/systems_excretory.htm
l (January 25th 2010)
http://www.ehow.com/how-does_4571111_systems-doesurinary-system-work.html (January 10th 2010)
Holt Science and Technology; Human Body System and
Health (January 11th 2010)