Roles Of Organs In Execretion Flashcards

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Execration

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The removal of metabolic waste from the body (do useless and potentially dangerous by products of cellular reactions)

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What does the skin do?

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Execretes perspiration which is a solution of water salt and some urea

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Perspiration is used to…

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Cool the body then secretion of wastes.

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Skin has an increase in Waze during times of…

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Renal failure(kidney)

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Liver

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Breaks down old red blood cells

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Yellow pigment in urine is also formed from the breakdown of _______ by the _________. It is then deposited in the flood in later remove by the ________.

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Heme, liver, kidneys

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Lungs-Expiration removes what?

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Carbon dioxide but it also results in the loss of water

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What are salts that are excreted Into the intestine?

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Iron and calcium

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Certain salts such as those of iron and calcium are excreted directly into the cavity of the intestine by the ___________ lining it and become part of feces.

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Epithelial cells

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Kidneys execute what?

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Urine

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Urine, excreted by the kidneys, contains…

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A combination of the end products of metabolism

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