Overview of the Urinary System

Skibidi, the urinary system is like the ultimate goon squad for filtering waste from your blood. It is lowkey a sigma in maintaining blood pressure and balancing pH. The kidneys, the real MVPs, chill in the retroperitoneal space, guarding their edges from trauma. Each kidney has about a million nephron units hustling daily. The nephron is where the magic happens, reabsorbing nutrients and secreting waste like a dank toilet system. Cortical nephrons are the short-looped homies, while juxtamedullary nephrons are the edge lords, diving deep into the medulla for urine concentration. This ship is sailing smoothly with about 180 liters of fluid filtered daily!