Excretory System Flashcards

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What other systems aid with the excretory system?

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The RESPIRATORY rids of C02 wastes but excretory of proteins.
URINARY- poop and pee
and INTEGUMENTARY- sweat wastes

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What are the excretory systems jobs?

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Collects cellular wastes and remove them from them from the body.

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What are the parts of the urinary system?

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Kidneys, ureters, urinary bladder, urethra

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What is waste?

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Urea.
When proteins are broken down in cells.
Urine= urea and wastes, other wastes like salts.

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What are the organs of the excretory system?

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Kidneys-filter blood and get urea out
Ureters- bring urine to bladder
Bladder- stores urine
Urethra- brings urines out of body.

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How does filtering work?

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1 million NEPHRONS (increase surface area) in kidney filter blood.
Waste and needed material leave blood and enter nephrons.
Needed material then moves back into blood and urines leaves kidney.

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How do the circulatory and excretory work together?

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RENAL ARTERY- brings waste filled blood to kidney .

RENAL VEIN- brings filtered blood back to heart.

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How does the liver work?

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It is a chemical factory that breaks down proteins to make urea.
Process:
Intestine

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