Excretion💩 Flashcards
Removal of metabolic wastes from body
Excretion
Name the waste products of respiration process
CO2, water vapour
single-celled organisms like amoeba which is AQUATIC in nature excrete waste by process of
Diffusion
In fishes excretion takes place thru
Gills, kidneys🐟🐠🐡
Organism that produce nitrogenous waste in the form of _______ is known as ammonotelic organisms
Ammonia , aquatic animals like 🐠 fish
Organisms like ________ ,___________ and __________ excrete nitrogenous waste in the form of uric acid are known as ____________ organisms
Insects, reptiles, birds
Uricotelic
Nitrogenous waste in form of urea by hoomans and mammals
Ureotelic org
Egestion
- Solid undigested food products removed
- collected in Large intestine
- expelled thru anus in form of Feaces.
Exhalation
-Gaseous waste
-CO2+ excess Water Vapour
-expelled thru lungs
Sweating
-Expelled water
-Small amounts of urea and salts
-Thru sweat glands present in skin
-Cool body
Excretion
₹ carried out mainly by urinary system
₹ water removed in form of urine
₹ 95% water. 2.5% urea. 2.5% other nitrogenous waste
₹
Normal human adult excretes about ______ litres of urine a day
1.5 - 2
Urine is stored in
Urinary bladder
Kidneys are a pair of _______- shaped organs
Bean
Kidneys are ______ in colour
Reddish brown