urinary system

• what does the urinary system do?

  works to purify our internal fluids
• the kidneys

  eliminates and secretes wastes, toxins, and drugs from the body - major organs that perform the functions of the urinary system
• what are nephrons?

  structural and functional units of the kidneys, responsible for the formation of urine.
• ureters


  passageways that carry urine from the kidneys to the bladder
• urinary bladder


  acts as a temporary storage site for urine located behind the pelvis.
• urethra


  functions to carry urine from the bladder to the outside of the body
• disorders of the urinary system

  urinary tract infection (UTI), incontinence, kidney stones