Excretory System Syllabus Flashcards

Define Excretion

Describe how each of the excretory organs remove wastes

Describe the livers involvement in breaking down protein

Define deamination

Equation for deamination

Equation for breakdown of ammonia into urea

Draw and label a diagram of the kidney.
Describe the function of each

Draw and label a diagram of a nephron

Describe glomerular filtration

List the substances that are filtered in glomerular filtration

Describe selective reabsorption

List the substances involved in selective reabsorption and where they are reabsobed

Describe Tubular Secretion

List the substances that are secreted from blood to urine during tubular secretion

List the composition of urine

Describe the causes of kidney stones

Describe lifestyle measures that could maintain healthy kidneys

Describe peritoneal dialysis

Describe Haemodialysis