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What Are the Kidneys and Urinary Tract?

The urinary tract is one of the systems that our bodies use to get rid of waste products. The kidneys are the part of the urinary tract that makes urine (pee). Urine has salts, toxins, and water that need to be filtered out of the blood. After the kidneys make urine, it leaves the body using the rest of the urinary tract as a pathway.

The kidneys do a lot, but their most important job is to take waste out of the blood and make urine (pee). The urinary tract takes this waste out of the body when a person pees.

Kidneys and Urinary Tract

The kidneys do a lot, but their most important job is to take waste out of the blood and make urine (pee). The urinary tract takes this waste out of the body when a person pees.

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The bean-shaped kidneys filter waste products out of the bloodstream and dispose of them by creating urine. Urine is made of these waste products dissolved in water.

Kidneys and Urinary Tract

Kidneys

The bean-shaped kidneys filter waste products out of the bloodstream and dispose of them by creating urine. Urine is made of these waste products dissolved in water.