Excretion Flashcards
Excretory system in humans consists of
A pair of kidneys
A pair of ureter
Urinary bladder
Urethra
Urinary bladder is ____ muscle
Voluntary Muscular
Purpose of making urine
To filter out waste products from blood
CO 2 is removed from blood via
Lungs ( respiration)
Nitrogenous wastes like urea and uric acid are removed via
Kidneys
Filtration unit of kidneys
Nephron
Nephrons are a clustor of
Thin walled capillaries in a cup shaped called Bowmans Capsule
What does Bowmans Capsule do
Collect filtrate
What are the substances in filterate that gets reabsorbed
Glucose
Amino acids
Water
Salts
Which connects kidney n urinary bladder
Ureter
Urine comes out from
Urethra of urinary bladder
Artificial kidney
Dialysis
Artificial kidney contains
Semi permeable tubes
Suspended in isotonic dialysing fluid
Dialysing fluid does not have
Nitrogenous waste
What’s the major difference between kidney n artificial kidney
No reabsorption takes place in artificial kidney
How do plants excrete
Transpiration
Removal of O2 via photosynthesis
Removal of CO2 at night
Guttation
Storing wastes in old xylem
Gums , resins and Latex
Wilting of leaves ( tissues consisting dead cells or waste products stored in leaves )
Excrete waste in soil
Waste products stored in cellular vacuoles
Waste products stored in leaves stems and barks
Examples of plant wastes
Gums of acacia
Latex of rubber tree n papaya tree
Oil of orange Jasmine n eucalyptus
Urea waste is generated in
Liver
Which organ helps to remove urea from our body
Kidneys
Metabolic activities create
Nitrogenous waste
Unicellular organisms mode of excretion
Diffusion
Gums n resisns stored in
In old xylem
