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16 Cards in this Set
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What are the organs in the excretory system?
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Skin, Lungs, Liver, Kidneys
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What does the skin do?
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Excrete sweat to cool itself.
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What does the lungs do?
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Exhale CO2 after cellular respiration.
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What does the liver do? |
Detoxify and break down toxins and harmful chemicals, and excrete urea.
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What does the urinary system do? |
Kidneys filter out blood to form urine which is made up of excess water, salt, and urea.
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What is the urinary system made up of (which organs)? |
Kidney, Bladder, Urethra, Ureter, Dorsal aorta, Vena cava, Renal artery and vein, Sphincter.
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Define Excretion. |
The removal of metabolic wastes which are produced by cells.
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What is the function of the excretory system?
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To remove metabolised waste from the body.
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What are the metabolic wastes removed from the lungs?
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Carbon Dioxide
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What is elimination?
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Removal of non-metabolised waste.
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What is excretion?
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Removal of metabolic wastes
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What are the metabolic wastes removed from the kidneys?
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urea, uric acid, water and salts
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What tube links the kidneys and the bladder?
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Ureter
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What blood vessel supplies the kidneys with unfiltered blood?
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Renal artery
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What is the large vein that supplies the heart with the bodies filtered, deoxygenated blood?
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vena cava
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What is the name of the tube that urine exits the body from?
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Urethra
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