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Name four Excretery Products
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Lungs, Liver, Skin and Kidney
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What are the 3 products of the lungs
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Water vapour, Heat and C02
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What are the 2 products of liver
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Bile and Urea
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Skin and the Kidneys have the same product
What are the 3 products for the skin and the Kidney? |
Urea, H20 and Salts
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What is Excretion?
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Excretion is the removal of metabolic waste
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What is Metabolism?
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Chemical Reactions that takes place in the body
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Is the rectum apart if the excretory organ? and why?
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It's not because it deals with waste,
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Explain Urea Formation
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It converts excess amino acids to urea for excretion by the kidneys during deanimation, The nitrogen is removed and it is converted to urea
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What is the function and location of bile
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Bile Emulsify fat products and is found in the gallbladder
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an enzyme in the liver splits the amino acid into a carbon part and a nitrogen part.
a: explain what happens in the carbon part |
The carbon part is used to form pyruvic acid, which is broken down to release energy for cellular respiratory, glycogen or fat for storage
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b: Explain what happens in the nitrogen part?
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Excretion of bile breaks down old blood cells storing the iron and excreting remains of pigments in bile which aids in digestion by emulsifying them,
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Define detoxification
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Changing poisonous substances into less poisonous Substances
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