The urinary system helps maintain the volume and chemical composition of fluids in the body. One of the main organs in the system are the kidneys, which filter waste products out of the body through ...

The urinary system is comprised of the kidneys, ureters, bladder, and the urethra. The purpose of the urinary system (also called the renal system) is to remove waste from the body and to regulate ...

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Following kidney injury, repair can result in functional tissue becoming a patch of cells and disorganized extracellular matrix—a scar—or it can recapitulate the original tissue architecture through ...