Excretory System Basics
This is the body system that removes waste.
What is the excretory system?
This is the number of kidneys most people have.
What is two?
These are tubes connecting the kidneys and bladder.
What are ureters?
This is an organ that stores urine.
What is the bladder?
A person drinks lots of water and urinates more often. What is happening?
The excretory system is removing extra water.
This is the main job of kidneys.
What is to filter blood?
Number of ureters.
What is 2?
This is the name of the tube urine exits the body through.
What is the urethra?
Someone hasn't gone to the washroom in several hours and feels pressure in their lower abdomen. What is happening?
They have a full bladder.
The excretory system helps maintain this balance in the body.
What is water balance?
Kidneys remove extra __________.
What is water?
Ureters carry this.
What is Urine?
The bladder can do this as it fills.
What is expand/stretch?
A person drinks almost no water all day. What could happen?
They could be dehydrated.
Another name for the urinary system's job is this.
What is excretion?
Kidneys help balance water and ____.
What are salts?
Urine travels from kidneys to bladder through these structures.
What are the ureters?
Fill in the blank: Kidneys → Ureters → _____ → Urethra
What is the bladder?
A person goes for a long run and notices that they are sweating a lot. Their body is getting rid of water and some waste products through their skin. Which type of waste is leaving the body, and which organ system is helping remove it?
Sweat is leaving the body and the skin helps to remove this waste.
Waste removal is important because it prevents this harmful thing
What is waste buildup?
What happens if kidneys stop working properly?
Waste can build up in the body.
True or False: Ureters store urine.
False
Why don't we need to urinate constantly?
The bladder stores urine.
A person exhales. What is happening?
Their body is removing waste called carbon dioxide (the gas we breathe out)