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The Excretory System

What is the excretory system?
The [|excretory system] is crucial for humans to live. If we didn’t have an excretory system we would never get rid of our waste and we would get very sick and eventually die. The excretory system produces urine. Did you know that urine was once used in medicine? A part of our urine called [|urokinase] was once used to dissolve blood clots, which can cause harmful heart attacks. The excretory system has a complicated way of making urine and excreting it.

**How does the excretory system function?** == The excretory system filters waste then gets it out of your body. The first thing that happens is blood goes into your kidneys through [|arteries]. Then your [|nephrons], which are tiny filters in the kidney, filter all the waste and needed materials out of your blood. Thirdly the needed materials are returned to your blood. These materials include glucose, water and some other substances. What happens next is the filtered waste, which was stored in a capsule, gets made into urine. The urine then passes through ureters to the bladder. An average adults bladder can fill up halfway before you have to urinate and an average child three fourths of the way. When this happens urine leaves your bladder through your urethra. ==

Main organs in your excretory system
In the excretory there are four main organs. First and most important are the [|kidneys]. Kidneys remove waste from the blood. They also regulate the amount of H2O in your body. They are located near the end of your lower ribs on your back. In the kidneys are tiny filters called nephrons that help filter waste and make the urine. Next are the [|ureters]. These are two thin tubes that carry your urine from your kidney to your bladder. Third is the [|bladder]. This stores urine until it needs to leave your body. Finally when urine leaves your body it passes through the urethra. Over all the organs in the excretory system are crucial for it to work, and for you to live.

Other human body systems the excretory system works with
The excretory system works with many other systems. It works with the [|circulatory system] because blood enters the kidneys and then gets filtered. It works with the [|muscular system] because once blood gets cleaned it goes back to the heart which is a cardiac muscle. The excretory system works with the [|nervous system] because nervous system controls heartbeat, which brings blood to the kidneys. It also works with the [|reproductive system] because when a woman is pregnant her excretory system works twice as much because it has to get rid of the babies’ waste also. Our excretory system works with the [|respiratory system] because the respiratory system gets rid of CO2, which is cellular waste, and excretory system gets rid of waste. Over all the excretory system works with many other systems.

How to keep your excretory system healthy
It is very important to keep your excretory system healthy. One way you can do this is by eating balanced meals. Also you should drink plenty of water. Another way to stay healthy is to get your [|urine analyzed]by a doctor. If there is glucose in a person’s urine it may signify that they have [|diabetes] because their body can’t absorb glucose as well as it should. If there is protein in a person’s urine it may mean they have something wrong with their kidneys and they are not functioning in the way they’re supposed to. There are many ways to keep the excretory system healthy so you do not get any diseases