Excretion💩 Flashcards

1
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Removal of metabolic wastes from body

A

Excretion

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2
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Name the waste products of respiration process

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CO2, water vapour

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3
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single-celled organisms like amoeba which is AQUATIC in nature excrete waste by process of

A

Diffusion

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4
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In fishes excretion takes place thru

A

Gills, kidneys🐟🐠🐡

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5
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Organism that produce nitrogenous waste in the form of _______ is known as ammonotelic organisms

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Ammonia , aquatic animals like 🐠 fish

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6
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Organisms like ________ ,___________ and __________ excrete nitrogenous waste in the form of uric acid are known as ____________ organisms

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Insects, reptiles, birds
Uricotelic

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7
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Nitrogenous waste in form of urea by hoomans and mammals

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Ureotelic org

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8
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Egestion

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  • Solid undigested food products removed
  • collected in Large intestine
  • expelled thru anus in form of Feaces.
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9
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Exhalation

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-Gaseous waste
-CO2+ excess Water Vapour
-expelled thru lungs

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10
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Sweating

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-Expelled water
-Small amounts of urea and salts
-Thru sweat glands present in skin
-Cool body

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11
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Excretion

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₹ carried out mainly by urinary system
₹ water removed in form of urine
₹ 95% water. 2.5% urea. 2.5% other nitrogenous waste

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12
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Normal human adult excretes about ______ litres of urine a day

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1.5 - 2

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13
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Urine is stored in

A

Urinary bladder

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14
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Kidneys are a pair of _______- shaped organs

A

Bean

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15
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Kidneys are ______ in colour

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Reddish brown

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16
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Kidneys are located on either side of the _______ just above the waist

A

Vertebral column

17
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Kidneys have a large number of…… called nephrons

A

Coiled tubes

18
Q

What are nephrons

A

Functional unit
Filtering unit-excess salts, urea, water from blood
Help form urine

19
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Ureters are a pair of ______ like structures

A

Tube

20
Q

Urinary bladder is a large_______ ,__________ like organ

A

Muscular
Bag

21
Q

What is reabsorbed by kidney

A

Glucose
Amino acids
Salts

22
Q

When blud pass kidney

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Gets cleaned
Transported back to other parts

23
Q

When glucose is in urine, failure to maintain sugar level in body

A

Diabetes mellitus

24
Q

When large amounts of diluted urine passed out. Kidney not able to absorb sufficient water.

A

Diabetes insipidus

25
Q

In case of damaged kidneys what is used

A

Artificial kidney or dialysing machine

26
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What does this artificial kidney or dialysing machine do?

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Used to maintain normal level of water and minerals to clean the blud of metabolic wastes.
Process is called dialysis