URINARY SYSTEM: FUNCTION _____Filters toxins from the blood stream

and maintains water balance_____________________________

Structure

Function

KIDNEY
ADRENAL
GLAND

NEPHRONS

URETER

BLADDER

Organs responsible for filtering toxins from the

bloodstream
They produce hormones, including sex hormon
and cortisol. Cortisol helps you respond to stre
and has many other important functions.
Primary filtering units of the kidneys. Filters to
out of the blood
Tube that carries urine from the bladder to the
kidney
Holds urine until it can be released

URETHRA

Carries urine out of the body from the kidney