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Chapter 44: Biology Test 3 Flashcards

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Maintains the chemical composition of blood and extracellular fluid

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Urinary system

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Important for homeostasis of the animal body

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Urinary system

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Helps maintain water balance in the body

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Urinary system

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Performs similar functions in all animals using the same process

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Urinary system

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Elimination of substances from the body

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Excretion

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What is excretion done by?

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Urinary, reparatory, and digestive system

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Flatworms excretory system

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Flame cells

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Filters waste out of body fluids

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Flame cells

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An organ in invertebrates (earthworms, mollusks, etc) that collects waste and excretes them to the outside through excretory pores

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Nephridia(s)

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Excretory organs that filter fluid in the coelom

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Nephridia(s)

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Animal organs that are efficient at excretion

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Kidney(s)

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Collects the fluid portion of blood

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Kidney(s)

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Redirect water and important nutrients back into blood

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Kidney(s)

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Fluid consisting of water, dissolving wastes, excessive nutrients, toxic substances, salts, hormones, and cellular waste products that are excreted’

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Urine

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This urinary system helps maintain homeostasis by

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Mammalian urinary system(s)

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Regulation sodium, potassium, chloride, and calcium ions in blood

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Mammalian urinary system

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Regulation water content of blood

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Mammalian urinary system

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Maintain blood ph

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Mammalian urinary system

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Retaining nutrients in the blood like glucose and amino acids

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Mammalian urinary system

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Secretion of hormones that stimulate red blood cell production

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Mammalian urinary system

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Elimination of wastes such as urea

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Mammalian urinary system

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Some of the most toxic byproducts of metabolism

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Nitrogen containing waste

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From the breakdown of proteins and nucleic acids

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Nitrogen containing waste(s)

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Removed when molecules are broken apart from energy of when they are converted to carbs or fats’

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Nitrogen

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Very toxic nitrogenous waste produce

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Ammonia (NH3)

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What most aquatic animals excrete to expel wastes

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Ammonia (NH3)

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Excreted by many marines fish, terrestrial mammals, adult amphibians, and turtles

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Urea

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Filtered from blood by kidneys and excreted by urine

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Urea

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Freshwater fish excrete lots of

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Diluted urine

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Marine bony fish produce and expel small amounts of

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Concentrated urine

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Land snails, insects, birds, and many reptiles excrete uric acid as

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Nitrogenous waste

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Little water loss happens doing

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Nitrogenous waste

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Nitrogenous waste is in

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Crystalline form

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Blood exits after it is filtered by the kidneys

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Renal veins

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Blood enters the kidneys

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Renal arteries

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Narrow muscular tube

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Ureter(s)

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Where urine leaves the kidneys

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Ureter(s)

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Where ureter transports urine

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Urinary bladder(s)

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Urine is stored here until it is expelled

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Urinary bladder

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Tube that connects the bladder to the outside

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Urethra

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Sphincter muscles near the junction, and the bladders control urination

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Urethra

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Mammals adapted to desert conditions have nephrons with

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Long loop(s) (loop of henle)

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This helps concentrate the urine and conserve water

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Long loop(s) (loop of henle)

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Mammals like beavers that are near water have nephrons with

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Short loops

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