2i Flashcards
1
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Excretion
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- THe removal of waste products
2
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Homeostasis
A
- Keeping the conditions in the internal environment of the body constant
- Stops enzymes from becoming denatured
- Temperature, glucose, calcium, potassium, osmoregulation, urea, pH
3
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Osmoregulation
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- Maintenance of the water and salt of the internal environment
4
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Skin waste and process
A
- Waste: urea & salt
- Process: sweating
5
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Kidney waste and process
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- Waste: urea & salt
- Process: breakdown of amino acids in the liver
6
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Lungs waste and process
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- Waste: carbon dioxide
- Process: respiration
7
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Stomata waste, useful and process
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- Waste: oxygen and water
- Useful: carbon dioxide
- Process: photosynthesis
8
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Urinary system process
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- Blood enters the kidney’s renal artery at a high pressure
- The kidney filters the blood
- Blood then returns through the renal vein
- Waste urine passes into the ureter which leads to the bladder for storage
- Through the urethra urine is finally excreted
9
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Nephron structure
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- Glomerulus
- Bowman’s capsule
- First coiled duct
- Loop of Henle
- Second coiled duct
- Collecting duct
10
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Glomerulus
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- Capillary ball
11
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Bownman’s capsule
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- Hollow cup of cells
12
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Ultrafiltration
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- The process where the filter (Bownman’s capsule in the nephron) separates differently sized molecules, under pressure
13
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Glomerular filtrate composition
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- Small molecules
- H2O, CO2, glucose, amino acids, salts, ions…
14
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ADH
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- Antidiuretic hormone (ADH)
- Released in the pituitary gland
- Regulates the amount of water reabsorbed by the nephrons
- Regulates the permeability of the collecting ducts
- High water content = Less ADH secreted = Less permeable = Less water reabsorbed
- Low water content = More ADH secreted = More permeable = More water reabsorbed
15
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Urine contents
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- Water
- Urea
- Ions
