Functions | Kidneys | Diseases / Treatments | General Knowledge | Processes |
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Removing wastes and excess fluid from the body.
What is the excretory system in charge of?
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2
How many kidneys do you have in your body?
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kidney stones
Which disease creates hard masses that form in the urinary tract?
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The process by which wastes are removed from the body.
What is excretion?
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sweat glands
What releases excess water and salts through the skin, and produces sweat?
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eliminates wastes by filtering and cleaning the blood to produce urine
What is the kidney in charge of?
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ureters
What are the kidneys connected to?
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urethritis
Which disease is an inflammation of the urethra caused by a bacterial or viral infection?
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4- kidney, urethra, ureters, bladder
How many major organs does the excretory system have?
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carbon dioxide (CO2)
The lungs excrete excess of what, through exhalation?
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Ureter
Which is the tube that carries urine from the kidney to the urinary bladder?
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blood
What do the kidneys filter out?
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uremia
Which is a condition where urea builds up in the blood?
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heart
Which of the following is NOT an organ of the excretory system? Bladder, Kidneys, Skin, Heart
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reabsorption
Process by which the nephron removes water and solutes from the tubular fluid (pre-urine) and returns them to the circulating blood?
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skin
What gives off bodily sweat and perspiration in the excretory system?
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nephrons
What is the most important part of the kidney?
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antibiotics or antiviral medication
What is the treatment for urethritis?
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Excretion is the removal of waste products and must function properly in order to maintain homeostasis.
How os excretion helpful?
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secretion
After filtration has occurred, the tubules continue to secrete additional substances into the tubular fluid, which process is this?
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urinary bladder
Which organ collects and stores urine excreted by the kidneys?
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maintaining overall fluid balance, regulating and filtering minerals from blood, filtering waste materials from substances, creating hormones that help produce red blood cells, regulate blood pressure
Name 3 different functions of the kidneys
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pain relievers and drinking lots of water, or surgery in serious cases
What is the treatment for kidney stones?
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circulatory system, digestive system, endocrine system
Which systems are the urinary and excretory system related to?
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filtration
Which process is the mass movement of water and solutes from plasma to the renal tubule that occurs in the renal corpuscle?
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