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URINARY SYSTEM
components:
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kidneys, ureters, urinarybladder and urethra
function
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excretion of wasteproducts
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elimination of foreignsubstances
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regulation of the amount of water in the body
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control of theconcentration of mostcompounds in the
 
 
functional steps (related toanatomy)
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filtration - glomeruli of thekidney
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selective resorption andexcretion - tubular system of the kidney
also functions as an endocrineorgan secretingerythropoietin (cortical fibrocytes) andprostaglandin(modifiedmedullary fibrocytes)
 
 
The Kidney
Nephron:basicfunctionalunit
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Glomeruliand thetubular system
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Arun_K_Gupta

Nice detailed work done!! thank you for sharing. . .

reply03 / 07 / 2010
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