Excretory System Flashcards
Detoxifies blood and makes urea
Liver
Remove CO2 and water
Lungs
Remove sweat water salt oils and waxes
Skin
Filters the blood and makes urine
Kidney
The removal of bacterial toxins hormones and dead body cells
Detoxification
Disease in which to many toxins cause a liver to become hardened and it stops functioning
Cirrhosis
Substance produced by the liver that is made up of amino acids “broken down proteins” blood kidney urine out of the body
Urea
Removes organic waste products created by the cells of the body from the blood
Urinary system
Functions of the urinary system
Regulate blood volume and pressure regulates ion concentrations of electrolytes
regulate blood pH concert nutrients
helps detoxify blood
5 inches long in lower back behind the peritoneum filters blood reabsorbs needed materials secretes urine penus
Kidneys
Connect kidneys to the bladder
Ureters
Stores urine
Urinary bladder
Releases wastes to the outside
Urethra
Located above the kidneys on each side
Adrenal gland
Inner edge of kidney where blood vessels and ureter enter
Hilus
Covered on the outside of the kidney
Renal capsule
Functions of kidneys
Removes waste from the blood regulates concentrations of substances in bodily fluid
Outer layer filters all materials
Cortex
Center reabsorbs needed materials
Medulla
Interlayer connects to ureter secretes excess material you’re in
Pelvis
In medulla triangular structures
Renal pyramids
Drain urine from renal pyramids
Minor calyx