Osmosis: Chapter 44 Flashcards
0smoreglation function
Balances the uptake and loss of water/solutes
Fresh water fish
live in less concentrated water than body
Losing salt and gaining water
Osmosis from high to low and fish excrete concentration through urine
Does not drink water
Marine bony fish
Water is more concentrated than body
Drinks salt water, keep salt in body and excrete water
Terrestrial vertebrates
Lose body water to air
Take in salt and excrete water and salt
Urine is more concentrated than body fluids
In what organ is urea produced
Liver
(ammonia—>urea—>urine)
Excretory system organ order
KUBU
Kidneys
Ureter
Bladder (stores urine)
Urethra (excretes urine)
Renal arteries
Brings blood to kidney, away from heart
Renal veins
Brings blood back to heart
Renal arteries and veins both
Filter the blood
Intervertebrate excretory systems
Protonephridia: an inner tube where waste gets filtered by flame cell
Mostly found in flatworms
Metanphridia
Funnel like structures with an interior opening that collects waste fluid from body cavity
In earthworms
Malpighian tubules
A tube from alimentary canal to exterior of organism
Excretes water/waste in solid nitrogenous compounds
Found in insects