urine

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Introduction

Aqueous fluid filtered from the blood & processed in the kidney, stored in the urinary bladder & eliminated throught the urethra.

Also see urinalysis

Uses

  • as a mordant to help prepare textiles, especially wool, for dyeing
  • manufacture of gunpowder
  • agricultural fertlizer
  • survival:
    • the US Army Field Manual recommends against drinking urine for survival even when there is no other fluid available
    • drinking urine tends to worsen, rather than relieve dehydration due to the salts in it

Function

Physiology

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