Pee is one of the first body fluids a kid learns about. You
probably learned about pee (also called urine) when you were
little and started using the toilet instead of diapers. Now that
you're older, you can understand much more about the amazing
yellow stuff called pee. Parts of the Urinary Tract You drink,
you pee. But urine is more than just that drink you had a few
hours ago. The body produces pee as a way to get rid of waste
and extra water that it doesn't need. Before leaving your body,
urine travels through the urinary tract. The urinary tract is a
pathway that includes the: kidneys: two bean-shaped organs that
filter waste from the blood and produce urine ureters: two thin
tubes that take pee from the kidney to the bladder bladder: a
sac that holds pee until it's time to go to the bathroom
urethra: the tube that carries urine from the bladder out of the
body when you pee The kidneys are key players in the urinary
tract. They do two important jobs — filter waste from the blood
and produce pee to get ri