urinary system

/ yr′ə-nĕr′ē /

1. The system of organs and tissues involved with regulation of water content and salt concentration in the body and with the excretion of metabolic wastes and excess water and salt in the form of urine. In mammals, the urinary system consists of the urinary tract and associated tissues.

Example Sentences

The first-formed duct and the subsequent involutions are the rudiments of the whole of the urinary system.

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In Cyclostomous fishes the condition of the urinary system is very simple.

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In the Amphibians the urinary system is again more primitive than in the Selachians.

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The first traces of the urinary system become visible at about the time of the appearance of the third visceral cleft.

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At the same stage the first not very distinct traces of the remainder of the urinary system become developed.

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