Wastes, Wastes, Wastes
What are the three organs involved in excretion?
Lungs, Kidneys, and Skin.
Where are the Kidneys located?
The lower back.
What is the elimination of urine from the body called?
Urination.
What are the two treatment options if Kidneys fail?
What is Kidney Dialysis and Kidney Transplants.
How is carbon dioxide in your body excreted?
What is Lungs.
What is the process that rids the body of toxic chemicals, excess water, salts, and carbon dioxide while maintaining osmotic and PH balance.
Excretion.
2 reasons why the Kidneys are important organs?
T Filter blood by removing waste and control water levels
What is the name of the muscular sac that stores urine?
(Urinary) Bladder.
What are the most common causes of Kidney failure? Name two.
T What is infection, diabetes, high blood pressures, and by the immune system, alcohol abuse
What is a pathogen?
Ammonia is converted in the liver to a much less toxic nitrogen waste called?
Urea.
What are the names of the tubes that carry the urine from the kidney to the bladder.
Ureters.
What are the organs of the urinary excretion? (name three, you cannot include the kidnet)
Ureter, Bladder, and Urethra
What is process called when blood is filtered artificially in hospital
Kidney dialysis
Why is urine yellow?
Blood plasma is yellow.
How do the kidneys excrete waste?
Urine
Name 4 materials that passes through the kidney's filtering system.
Salts, Water, Urea, Glucose
Name 2 components that should not be found in the urine?
Glucose, Large proteins, Red blood cells, White blood cells
What is the problem with kidney transplants?
What is rejection of the transplanted organ by the recipient's immune system.
What is an indicator of diabetes?
Glucose in the urine.
How does the skin excrete wastes? What all are the wastes excreted by the skin?
Sweat.
Water, urea, salts
Which part of the kidneys are involved in filtration?
roughly 1500cm3
(anything between 800 to 2000)
How can hazardous chemicals enter the body? (Name one)
lungs, digestive system, or skin.
Immunosuppressants