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Toxic waste products and organ they’re excreated by |
1) Urea - kidney (harms cells & tissues) 2) Carbon Dioxide - lungs |
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Urea formation and removal |
- formed when digestion of protein results in excess of amino acids - amino acids undergo deamination removing parts avec nitrogen and and waste products are ammonia (liver) - ammonia converted to urea (less toxic), excreted as urine |
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Assimilation |
- liver assimilates (move amino acids into cells) amino acids before converting into proteins |
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Ways body loses water |
- sweat - feces - exhalation - urine |
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What happens when high water consumption + minimal sweating |
Urine is: - produced in large volumes - lighter in color |
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What happens when Low water consumption + lots of sweating |
Urine is: - produced in smaller volumes - darker in color (more concentrated —> less water to dissolve in) |
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Water balance |
Water levels in body shouldn’t be too high/low. Body’s control amount of water & ions dissfuing in & out of cells |
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Antidiuretic hormone (ADH) |
Stops water from leaving your body |
