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Excretion Notes Comb Sci
Excretion Notes Comb Sci
Excretion Notes Comb Sci
Chemical reactions taking place inside living cells are called metabolism.
During metabolism, digested food, water and oxygen are used up.
The waste products of metabolism are carbon dioxide, urea and excess water.
Because the waste products are toxic and poisonous to the cell.
Carbon dioxide is produced during respiration. Carbon dioxide then diffuses out
of the blood into the alveoli of the lungs, and is then breathed out.
Urea is produced through the process of deamination in the liver from excess
amino acids. Urea is carried to the kidney where it is filtered and leaves the body
in the form of urine.
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THE STRUCTURE OF THE KIDNEY AND THE URINARY SYSTEM
As an osmoregulator:
c) When salt solution is drunk, the blood becomes more concentrated, less urine
will be produced and discharged.
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THE HUMAN URINARY SYSTEM
The renal artery carries blood from the aorta to the kidney.
When blood reaches the kidney, urea, excess water and mineral salts are removed to
form urine.
The urinary bladder stores the urine.
The sphincter muscle is a ring of muscle that controls the release of urine from the
urinary bladder through the urethra to the outside.
Kidneys are responsible for removing waste and at the same time retaining
substances that are needed by the body.
DIFFERENCES IN CONTENT OF BLOOD IN THE RENAL VEIN AND THE RENAL ARTERY
REMEMBER!
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