Osmosis: Chapter 44 Flashcards

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0smoreglation function

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Balances the uptake and loss of water/solutes

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Fresh water fish

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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

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Marine bony fish

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Water is more concentrated than body

Drinks salt water, keep salt in body and excrete water

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Terrestrial vertebrates

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Lose body water to air

Take in salt and excrete water and salt

Urine is more concentrated than body fluids

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In what organ is urea produced

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Liver

(ammonia—>urea—>urine)

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Excretory system organ order

KUBU

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Kidneys

Ureter

Bladder (stores urine)

Urethra (excretes urine)

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Renal arteries

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Brings blood to kidney, away from heart

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Renal veins

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Brings blood back to heart

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Renal arteries and veins both

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Filter the blood

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Intervertebrate excretory systems

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Protonephridia: an inner tube where waste gets filtered by flame cell

Mostly found in flatworms

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Metanphridia

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Funnel like structures with an interior opening that collects waste fluid from body cavity

In earthworms

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Malpighian tubules

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A tube from alimentary canal to exterior of organism

Excretes water/waste in solid nitrogenous compounds

Found in insects

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