Excretery system Flashcards

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1
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What does excretion mean?

A

Getting rid of waste materials

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2
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What waste materials are in excretion?

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Waste materials which have not been part of the body

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3
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Why are faeces not excretion?

A

As it’s been in our digestive system

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4
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What is in excretion?

A

Carbon dioxide
Urea
Water

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5
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Where does the protein go?

A

In the blood

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6
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Where does the blood with the proteins go?

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The blood goes to the liver

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6
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Where does the blood with the proteins go?

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The blood goes to the liver

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7
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What does the liver do?

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It changes that particles into urea

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8
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What thing removes the blood from the urea?

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The kidneys

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9
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What is the other name for the excretory system

A

Renal system

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10
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What does Renal mean?

A

To do with the kidneys.

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What is urine?

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When the kidneys filter the blood they also remove the excess water. The urea is then dissolved into the water and the remaining mixture is called urine.

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12
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What is a ureter?

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The tube which goes from the kidneys to the bladder

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13
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What is a bladder?

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It is the place that the urine is held before the time is right.

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14
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What is the urethra

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another tube that comes after the bladder.

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