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Liquids
Functions
Organs
Extras
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What is The process by which waste is removed from the body?
Excretion
100
What liquid is your body mainly made up of?
Water
100
What is the function of the lungs?
Gets rid of carbon dioxide and extra water.
100
What removes urea and other waste from the body.
Kidney
100
What are the excretion organs?
Lungs, skin, liver, kidney, and large intestine.
200
What is chemical that comes from the breakdown of proteins?
Urea
200
What is urine made up of?
Water, Other Materials, and Urea.
200
What is the skin's function?
Has sweat glands, so helps maintain homeostasis.
200
What is the narrow tube that carries urine from one of the kidneys to the urinary bladder.
Ureters
200
What are the main organs of the excretory system?
Kidneys, ureters, urinary bladder, urethra.
300
What is the watery fluid produced b the kidneys that contains urea and other waste?
Urine
300
What is the yellow substance used in the process of getting rid of waste?
Bile
300
What is the liver's function?
Helps to break down fats, regulates unwanted things, and reuses old blood cells.
300
What is the shack like muscular organ that stores urine until it is eliminated from the body.
Urinary Bladder
300
How long does the process take in the kidneys?
45 minutes
400
What is the small filtering structure found in the kidneys that removes waste from blood and produces urine?
Nephron
400
What is the urea before it is turned into urea by the liver?
Hazardous gasses
400
What is the kidney's role?
Gets rid of water, other materials, and urea.
400
A small tube in which urine flows out of the body.
Urethra
400
What is the main function of the excretory system?
Elimination of waste?
500
What does the waste go through to get to the kidneys?
Bloodstream
500
What liquid does nephron filter?
Urea
500
What is the function of the large intestine?
Helps remove solid waste.
500
What organ sends a message to your urinary bladder to tell it that the bladder is full?
Brain
500
How much urine do we make each day?
1.5 liters