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The excretory system includes the skin, lungs, liver and kidneys and excretes metabolic wastes from the body.
Questão 2
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What are the parts of the excretory system?
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The skin, lungs and kidneys
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The kidneys, stomach and lungs
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The skin, lungs, liver and kidneys
Questão 3
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What is the role of the skin in excretion?
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The lungs excrete carbon dioxide and small amounts of water vapor.
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The liver converts potentially dangerous nitrogen wastes, a product of protein breakdown , into less toxic urea.
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The kidneys are a pair of fist sized organs located on either side of the spinal column near the lower back.
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The kidneys produce and excrete a waste product known as urine.
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These transport urine from the kidneys to the urinary bladder.
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The urinary bladder is where the urine is stored
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Urine is released through the urethra.
Questão 11
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A waste laden blood enters the kidney through the renal artery, the kidney removes urea, excess water and minerals and other waste products
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Nephrons are the individual processing units in the kidneys that do most of the work
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Blood purification in the kidneys is a complex process and involves
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Filtration is the passing of a liquid or a gas through a filter to remove wastes.
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A glomerulus is..
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Bowman's capsule is a hollo, cup shaped structure that encases the glomerulus
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The material that is filtered from the blood is called
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Nephron
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Glomerulus
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Bowman's capsule
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Filtrate
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Nearly all the material that moves into Bowman's capsule makes its way back into the blood.
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The process by which water and dissolved substances are taken back into the blood is called
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The kidneys first throw away everything and then takes back only what the body needs.
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A section of the nephron tubule is called the loop of Henle and its job is to conserve water
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The waste material now called urine that remains in the tubule is emptied into a collecting duct and from there the urine flows to the ureter of each kidney.
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The ureters carry urine to the urinary bladder for storage until the urine leaves the body through the urethra.
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The kidneys play an important role in maintaining homeostasis.
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Questão 26
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Problems with the kidneys include
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Kidney stones
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Kidney damage
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Kidney failure
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All of the above