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Kidneys
Ureters, Urethra and bladder
Excretory System
Other Organs
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How many kidneys do you have in your body and where are they located?
2, and in your lower back
100
What are the Ureters?
A narrow tube that carries urine from the kidneys to the bladder.
100
What does excretion mean?
The process by which wastes are removed from the body.
100
What is another organ that can take part in excretion?
-Skin -Lungs -Bile -Large Intestine -Liver
100
What is urea?
A chemical that comes from the breakdown of proteins.
200
What are the kidneys connected to?
The ureters
200
What is the Urethra?
small tube through which urine flws from the body.
200
How many organs does the excretory system have?
4
200
What are 2 more organs that take part in excretion?
-Skin -Lungs -Bile -Large Intestine -Liver
200
What is urine?
a watery fluid produced by the kidneys that contains urea and other wastes.
300

What do the kidneys filter?

The kidneys filter the blood to remove waste. 

300

What is the bladder?

a sack like muscular organ that stores urine until i is eliminated from the body.

300
What is the job of the excretory system?
making our bodys unneeded waste products into waste
300
What do all these organs help excrete?
Chemicals, fluids, and other products that our body doesnt/no longer needs
300
What are nephrons?
small filtering structure found in the kidneys that removes waste from blood and produces urine
400

From which blood vessel does blood flow into the kidney? What is the blood vessels name?

The renal artery

400
True or false: the ureters are between the bladder and the urethra?
False, the bladder is.
400
Where is the excretory system located? a) lower back b) upper chest c) middle of abdomen d) none of the above
a) lower back
400
What word that starts with an H do all of these organs help maintain?
Homeostasis
400

What is urine made of?

Water, urea, uric acid, creatine, ammonia, mineral salts

500

Name 3 jobs performed by the kidneys

-filters blood

-balances water throughout the body

-maintain chemical homeostasis 

-has millions of filters called nephrons

-good liquids go back to blood, bad liquids/waste become urine

500
True or false: the ureters produce urine
False, yor kidneys do.
500

List the functions of 3 organs in the excretory system

Kidneys-filter blood and makes urine Ureters-narrow tube that transports urine from the kidneys to the urinary bladder Urinary Bladder-stores urine until it is eliminated from the body

500
An organ that helps with excretion, and what it does to help(What do each of these organs do to get rid of waste products)
-Skin-sweating out unneeded salt, water, and other chemicals -liver-like a recycling bin, helps maintain homeostasis -Large Intestine-helping excrete solid waste and water. -Bile-secretes unneeded waste products in the small intestine. -Lungs-excreting the extra carbon dioxide and keeps a regular supply of water and oxygen.
500
True or false: urine is produced in the bladder
False, in the kidneys