Urinary System

• Urinary System - responsible for filtering and eliminating waste products from the body, as well as regulating fluid and electrolyte balance.

  
• Nephron - basic functional unit of the kidney, consisting of a glomerulus (a network of capillaries) surrounded by Bowman's capsule, which filters blood and produces urine.
• Renal corpuscle - is the site of the filtration of blood and the site of the reabsorption of water and solutes