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URINARY SYSTEM
Urinary System, system of organs that produces and excretes urine from the body. Urine is a transparent yellow fluid containing unwanted wastes, mostly excess water, salts, and nitrogen compounds. The major organs of the urinary system are the kidneys, a pair of bean-shaped organs that continuously filter substances from the blood and produce urine. Urine flows from the kidneys through two long, thin tubes called ureters. With the aid of gravity and wavelike contractions, the ureters transport the urine to the bladder, a muscular vessel. The normal adult bladder can store up to about 0.5 liter of urine, which it excretes through the tube like urethra.
A urinary tract infection is an infection that begins in your urinary system.. Any part of your urinary system can become infected, but most infections involve the lower urinary tract — the urethra and the bladder. A urinary tract infection limited to your bladder can be painful and annoying. Antibiotics are the typical treatment for a urinary tract infection. If you want to prevent it just drink plenty of water.
Instresting facts: - An average adult produces about 1.5 liters of urine each day, and the body needs, at a minimum, to excrete about 0.5 liter of urine daily to get rid of its waste products. - Tract infections are common among woman.
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