Kidneys
How many kidneys do you have in your body and where are they located?
2, and in your lower back
These tubes carry urine from the kidneys to the urinary bladder.
What are Ureters?
Name the life process by which metabolic wastes are removed from the body.
What is Excretion?
In the liver, the removal of toxins in the blood is called _____________
What is Detoxification?
A substance that comes from the breakdown of proteins/amino acids.
What is urea?
What tubes are the kidneys connected to?
What are the ureters?
The tube that takes urine out of the body.
What is the Urethra?
The number of major organs in the excretory system, name them.
4, Liver, Lungs, Kidneys and Skin
The lungs are considered part of the Excretory System because they rid the body of what two substances?
1. Carbon Dioxide
2. Water
A watery fluid produced by the kidneys that contains urea and other wastes.
What is urine?
What liquid do the kidneys filter out, and what is the functional unit of the kidney called?
The kidney filters out blood.
The functional unit in the kidney is called the nephron
What is the name of the sack-like muscular organ that stores urine until it is eliminated from the body?
What is your urinary bladder?
What is another word for poisonous?
What is toxic?
The skin excretes a small amount of urea and salts in _____________.
What is sweat (perspiration)?
Name the 4 Major Metabolic Wastes?
1.Water
2. Carbon Dioxide
3. Nitrogenous Wastes
4. Mineral Salts
The name of the blood vessel that takes blood into the kidney to be filtered?
What is the renal artery?
The kidneys, ureters, urinary bladder and urethra make up this body system.
What is the Urinary System?
The breakdown of proteins/amino acids in the liver is called__________
What is deamination?
The nervous system, endocrine system, and circulatory system all help the body maintain ________________, a stable internal environment.
Homeostasis
What is the largest Excretory waste in humans?
What is water?
What are the two major functions of the Excretory System that help organisms maintain homeostasis?
1. Regulating the chemical make-up of body fluids
2. Maintaining body temperature (removing heat)
Urine is produced in this organ.
What is the kidney?
In a kidney, which blood component would not usually get filtered out in the nephron?
a. red blood cells
b. mineral salts
c. urea
d. water
a. red blood cells
Name the outermost, waterproof layer of the skin that helps us from drying out.
What is the epidermis?
Name 3 Nitrogenous wastes
1. Ammonia
2. Urea
3. Uric Acid