How does the urinary system differ from the digestive system?

I think it's not totally unreasonable to confuse the two because the part we can see, urination and defecation, manifest to us as waste removal... read more

The urinary system is an interface between the blood circulatory system and a system of numerous, highly specialized, tubes (housed in the kidneys) that selectively filter the blood. This process fulfills two critical functions: 1.) maintain an essentially constant chemical composition of the blood and 2.) regulate the volume of blood by controlling the amount of water that is dissolved in it. read more

The digestive system and urinary system are closely connected, as one leads to the other. Digestion begins through the intake of food, which travels through the stomach, small intestine, and large intestine. This process is how the body absorbs nutrition from food. read more