EXCRETORYsYSTEM

Question 1

function of Excretory sTETEM

Answer 1

Remove wastes
Maintain PH levels
Regulated body water balance
Filters blood and urine

Question 2

Function of renal cortex

Answer 2

Controls water and electrlight mineral balance

Question 3

Functiono f renal medulla

Answer 3

Regulated the concentration of urine

Question 4

Function of renal pelvis

Answer 4

Collects the urine and passes it on to the ureter to go the the bladder and further a

Question 5

Why are the walls of the glomrulus capillaries very thin

Answer 5

To make sure only water and the materials dissolved in it like nitrogen waste product urea is able to go through bowmans capsule, while the blood cells and proteins stay. and leave through the vein

Question 6

Describe Kidney stones

Answer 6

Salt and protiend that is unfiltered becomes sand eventually in the kidney, which will then be stones made of crystalized calcium, blocking the passage of urine.

Question 7

Traetment of kidney stones,

Answer 7

Small stones pass out in urine
Large stones are broken by ultrasonic sound waves
Some cases require surgery

Question 8

What other disorders of the body affect the kidney

Answer 8

High blood pressure and diabetes

Question 9

Nephritis

Answer 9

Its an infimmation of lungs that happens specifically in the glomeruli.
It causes blood in urine, swelling of tissue, and protein in urine.