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| What does the breakdown of glucose during respiration produce and how is it carried away? |
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Definition
| Carbon Dioxide and it is carried away by the blood and removed by the lungs. |
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| What happens to excess amino acids in the liver? |
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Definition
| They are deanimated and form glycogen and urea. |
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Definition
| It is removed from the tissues by the blood, and expelled by the kidneys. |
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Definition
The removal of
1) waste products of the body's chemical reactions
2)the excess water and salts taken in
3)spent hormones
and also removes drugs and foreign substances |
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| How do lungs act as excretory organ? |
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Definition
| They get rid of carbon dioxide. |
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| How do kidneys act as excretory organs? |
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Definition
| They remove urea and other nitrogenous waste from the blood. They also expel water, salts, hormones and drugs. |
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Term
| What is the yellow/green bile pigment, bilirubin, a breakdown product of? |
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Definition
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| How is bilirubin excreted? |
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Definition
| It is excreted with the bile into the small intestine and expelled with the faeces. |
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Term
| What happens when you sweat? |
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Definition
| Sodium chloride and traces of urea are expelled but sweating is a response to a rise in temperature, so it's not an excretory organ. |
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Term
| Where are kidneys located? |
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Definition
| Kidneys are enclosed in a transparent membrane and attached to the back of the abdominal cavity. |
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| Where is the renal artery and what does it do? |
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Definition
| It branches off from the aorta and brings oxygenated blood to them. |
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| What does the renal vein do? |
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Definition
| It takes deoxygenated blood away from the kidneys to the vena cava. |
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Term
| Whee is the ureter located? |
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Definition
| It runs from each kidney to the bladder in the lower part of the abdomen. |
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| What does the kidney tissue consist of? |
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Definition
| Capillaries and tiny tubes called renal tubules that are held together with connective tissue. |
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Term
| What is the outer region and the inner zone of the kidney? |
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Definition
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| Where is the pelvis located? |
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Definition
| Where the ureter joins the kidney. |
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