Functions Kidneys Diseases / Treatments General Knowledge Processes
100
Removing wastes and excess fluid from the body.
What is the excretory system in charge of?
100
2
How many kidneys do you have in your body?
100
kidney stones
Which disease creates hard masses that form in the urinary tract?
100
The process by which wastes are removed from the body.
What is excretion?
100
sweat glands
What releases excess water and salts through the skin, and produces sweat?
200
eliminates wastes by filtering and cleaning the blood to produce urine
What is the kidney in charge of?
200
ureters
What are the kidneys connected to?
200
urethritis
Which disease is an inflammation of the urethra caused by a bacterial or viral infection?
200
4- kidney, urethra, ureters, bladder
How many major organs does the excretory system have?
200
carbon dioxide (CO2)
The lungs excrete excess of what, through exhalation?
300
Ureter
Which is the tube that carries urine from the kidney to the urinary bladder?
300
blood
What do the kidneys filter out?
300
uremia
Which is a condition where urea builds up in the blood?
300
heart
Which of the following is NOT an organ of the excretory system? Bladder, Kidneys, Skin, Heart
300
reabsorption
Process by which the nephron removes water and solutes from the tubular fluid (pre-urine) and returns them to the circulating blood?
400
skin
What gives off bodily sweat and perspiration in the excretory system?
400
nephrons
What is the most important part of the kidney?
400
antibiotics or antiviral medication
What is the treatment for urethritis?
400
Excretion is the removal of waste products and must function properly in order to maintain homeostasis.
How os excretion helpful?
400
secretion
After filtration has occurred, the tubules continue to secrete additional substances into the tubular fluid, which process is this?
500
urinary bladder
Which organ collects and stores urine excreted by the kidneys?
500
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
500
pain relievers and drinking lots of water, or surgery in serious cases
What is the treatment for kidney stones?
500
circulatory system, digestive system, endocrine system
Which systems are the urinary and excretory system related to?
500
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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