Lungs
What waste material do the lungs remove through exhaling?
Carbon dioxide
What is the purpose of sweating?
To cool the body.
What is the second largest organ in the human body.
The liver.
How many kidneys do you have?
2
What is the largest gland in the body?
The liver
What are the tiny structures within the lungs that facilitate gas diffusion called?
Alveoli (Alveolus)
Which type of sweat gland releases sweat that is a dilute salt solution.
Eccrine Sweat Glands
What is the dark green substance that the liver produces.
Bile.
Which of the kidneys is higher than the other?
The left kidney is found slightly higher.
Which lung is larger?
The right lung.
About how much surface area would the lungs of an adult cover if they were spread out?
About the size of a tennis court
What percent of Eccrine sweat is water?
90%
Where is bile stored.
Gallbladder.
How long are each of your kidneys?
4-5 inches
How much urea is excreted through urine per day?
25g
What percentage of fat weight is lost from exhaled carbon dioxide?
84%
Which type of sweat gland releases the fattier sweat that creates the pungent odor?
Apocrine Sweat glands
What is excess sugar converted to in the liver?
LDL cholesterol and triglycerides.
What do the kidneys filter? What do they remove?
The kidneys filter your blood, they remove waste and extra water to make urine.
How many metabolic processes are controlled by the liver?
500
What is the normal range of carbon dioxide present in an adult's blood (in millimoles per litre)?
22 to 29 mmol/L
What is the average amount of urea released per liter of sweat?
22.2mmol
When alcohol and drugs gets filtered out of blood, by what means is it excreted by the body.
Bile and urine.
What are the signs and symptoms of kidney failure?
Back pain, persistent fatigue, dizziness and shortness of breath.
Which of the 4 excretory organs was NOT on the cover slide?
The skin