Excretory Flashcards
Urination
The process of removing liquid from the urinary bladder
Blood
The kidneys remove waste from this substance
Urinary bladder
A structure which stores the fluid made by the kidneys before it’s released
Pelvis
Fluid collects in the central area of the kidney before moving into the urinary bladder
Renalvien
The vessel that takes blood away from a kidney
Vena cava
Carries clean blood back to the heart this is a major vein
Adrenal gland
A structure found on the kidney which produces adrenaline
Nephrons
Tiny structures found in millions in each kidney which do the actual filtering to the blood
Urethral sphincter
Muscle stops the flow of fluid form the urinary bladder
Skin
Removes salt and water from the body through perspiration
Waste
The excretory system removes this from the blood
Kidney
One of a pair of organ which removes waste from blood
Adrenalin
A hormone which produces the fight or flight response
Lungs
These paired structure remove co2 from the blood
Urethra
A tube which carries fluid from the the urinary bladder to the outside environment
Aorta
The major artery which carries blood away from heart
Cortex
The outer portion of the kidney which removes both good and bad materials from the blood
Urine
A substance that is produced by the kidney which is excreted from the body
Ureter
A tube that carries fluid from the kidney to the urinary bladder
Renal artery
The vessel that brings blood to the kidney
Medulla
The layer of the kidney which reabsorbs valuable materials which have been removed from the blood
