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Excretory System

The excretory system is responsible for removing waste from the blood, maintaining blood pH, and regulating water levels. Key components include the kidneys, ureters, bladder, and urethra, with kidneys filtering blood to produce urine containing urea and salt. Nephrons are the filtration units within the kidneys that purify blood by removing impurities.

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Excretory System

The excretory system is responsible for removing waste from the blood, maintaining blood pH, and regulating water levels. Key components include the kidneys, ureters, bladder, and urethra, with kidneys filtering blood to produce urine containing urea and salt. Nephrons are the filtration units within the kidneys that purify blood by removing impurities.

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EXCRETORY

SYSTEM
3 FUNCTIONS OF THE
EXCRETORY SYSTEM
• REMOVES WASTES FROM YOUR
BLOOD.
• MAINTAINS THE pH OF YOUR
BLOOD.
• REGULATES THE AMOUNT OF
WATER IN YOUR BLOOD.
WASTE REMOVED BY
EXCRETORY SYTEM
• METABOLIC WASTES THAT ARE
MADE WHEN THE CELLS
PERFORM THEIR JOBS.
PARTS OF THE
EXCRETORY SYSTEM
• KIDNEYS
• URETERS
• BLADDER
• URETHRA
KIDNEYS
• PAIR OF ORGANS
IN THE
ABDOMINAL
AREA.
• THEY ARE USED
TO FILTER
BLOOD AND
PRODUCE URINE.
UREA
• WASTE PRODUCT OF BLOOD
• MADE FROM PROTEIN DIGESTION.
WASTE PRODUCTS
• BESIDES UREA, SALT IS ALSO A
WASTE PRODUCT.
URINE

• FORMED IN THE
KIDNEYS
• CONSISTS
MOSTLY OF
WATER BUT
ALSO CONTAINS
UREA, SALT, AND
OTHER WASTES.
URETERS
• TUBES THAT CARRY URINE TO
THE BLADDER FROM THE
KIDNEYS.
BLADDER

• STORAGE FOR
URINE
• AN AVERAGE
ADULT BLADDER
CAN HOLD
ABOUT 1.5- 2
CUPS OF URINE
URETHRA
• THE TUBE URINE IS EXPELLED
THROUGH
NEPHRONS
• TINY FILTRATION
UNITS INSIDE
THE KIDNEYS
• THEY FILTER
IMPURITIES OUT
OF THE BLOOD
AND RETURN
THE PURIFIED
BLOOD TO THE
BODY.

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