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-The Urinary tract infection is affecting lots of million people in the United States today, but mostly women . This infection is caused by by bacteria that can also live in the digestive tract, in the vagina, or around the urethra, which is at the entrance to the urinary tract. . The areas that are affected by this infection are the kidney ,ureters ,bladder,prostate (in men) , and the urethra .
Urinary System
The main functions of the Urinary system is the production of EPO(a hormone that instigates rbc production.) , helps balance the Ph of blood(your Kidney's in particular help regulate your bp) , helps maintain the ionic that make up of your blood/plasma .
- Facts - 1. ) About 1-1.5 litters of urine are excretes each day. 2. ) 2 kidneys, 2 ureters, the bladder and the uretha are all included in this system . 3.) The Urinary system should expell unused/excess vitamins and water.
-More Facts- - The Human can stretch to hold about 400ml of urine. - All the blood in the body passes 400 times through both kidneys every day. - The yellow color of the urine was first thought it came from gold, Alchemists in the middle ages spent too much time trying to extract gold from it, but because of all this time spent observing it, they discovered white phosphorus and urea. - Urine was used as a bleaching agent for cleaning clothes by the ancient Romans .
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