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Excretion in Humans Flashcards

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Where are toxins and waste products filtered from?

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The kidney

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How are toxins and waste products taken out of the body?

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Via urine

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What is excretion?

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The process by which an organism eliminates the waste products of their chemical activities and any substances in excess

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What give carbon dioxide a waste product of?

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Respiration

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Where is urea produced and what is it’s role?

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Urea is produced by liver cells to breakdown excess amino acids

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What does the liver convert amino acids and glucose into?

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Proteins and glycogen

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What takes cleaned blood away from the kidneys?

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The renal vein

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What carries urine to the bladder?

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The ureter

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9
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What stores urine?

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The bladder

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What brings waste blood to the kidneys?

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The renal artery

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What carries urine out of the body?

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The urethra

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12
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What removes chemicals from the blood?

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The kidneys

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What is the cortex?

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The brown, outer layer of a kidney

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What is a medulla?

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The red/brown inner region of a kidney

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What is a nephron?

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Part of the medulla that helps filter out waste products in the body

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How many nephrons are there in the body?

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Thousands!

17
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Where does ultra filtration take place?

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In the glomerus and Bowmans capsule

18
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What is ultra filtration?

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Everything small enough forced through the Bowmans capsule (Water, glucose, salts, urea and amino acids. NOT blood cells or proteins

19
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What is the Bowman’s capsule?

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A large bundle of blood vessels

20
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What order does the waste products flow in starting with the glomerus and ending with the collecting duct?

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Glomerus, Bowman’s capsule, Proximal convoluted tubule, Loop of Henle, Distal convoluted tubule, collecting duct

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What is the fluid in the collecting duct?

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Urine

22
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What is kidney dialysis?

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The separation of 2 solutions by a semi permeable membrane which cleans blood like a kidney woulkd

23
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What are the positives and negatives of kidney dialysis?

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P - Cheaper than transplant

N - Frequent visits to hospital to clean blood

24
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What are the positives and negatives of a kidney transplant?

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P - Saves you time instead of having to go to the hospital

N - long waiting lists, finding a suitable donor, expensive

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