The Excretory System Flashcards

1
Q

What waste products are produced when the body uses food? (Name 4)

A

1-energy
2-carbon dioxide
3-water
4-heat

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2
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When you exhale from your lungs, what 2 things are given off?

A

1-carbon dioxide

2-water

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3
Q

What is the largest organ of the body?

A

The skin.

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4
Q

What’s the function of the kidneys?

A

It’s to excrete or remove waste from the body.

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5
Q

How are urea and salts released from the body? (Name 2 ways)

A

1-Through the skin when you sweat

2-the main organs of excretion in the body

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6
Q

Where are the kidneys located?

A

At the back of the body, above the hips.

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7
Q

How is urine made?

A

By the nephrons in the kidneys.

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8
Q

What is urine made up of? (name 2 things)

A

1-Water

2-Wastes

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9
Q

Each kidney contains million of tony tubes called _______, which are wrapped by what?

A

Nephrons are wrapped by capillaries.

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10
Q

What do nephrons do? (name 2 things)

A

1-They filter and cleanse the blood

2-balance the supply of water and salt in the body

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11
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What 4 things make up nephrons?

A

1-water
2-urea
3-salt
4-wastes

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12
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The urine leaves through a tube called the __________.

A

Ureter.

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13
Q

The urine collects where after leaving the kidneys?

A

In the bladder.

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14
Q

After the urine is collected in the bladder, it goes through another tube where it exits the body, which is called what?

A

The urethra.

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15
Q

How does the urinary system remove waste? (Name 3 things)

A

1-sweating
2-breathing
3-urinating

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16
Q

What is the excretory system responsible for? (Name 4 things)

A

1-the filtration of the blood
2-the elimination of urea
3-the elimination of any other nitrogenous waste
4-the elimination of extra matter such as salts and water

17
Q

How many kidneys do we have?

A

2

18
Q

Where does blood enter the kidney?

A

Through the renal artery.

19
Q

What does the renal artery remove from the blood? (Name 2 things)

A

1-Water

2-Waste

20
Q

Where are nephrons specifically in the kidneys?

A

In the cortex/medulla of the kidneys.

21
Q

What can happen if you don’t pee, breathe, sweat, etc, enough in a day?

A

It can build up salts crystals in the kidneys,(kidney stones).