Class 10C
Topic Excretion
Urea forms in the liver when the body breaks down proteins. Once it's made, urea enters the bloodstream and
travels through the plasma to reach the kidneys. In the kidneys, it's filtered out from the blood and eventually
leaves the body through urine.
It allows water, ions, and small molecules like urea to pass
Glomerulus through while retaining larger molecules like proteins and
blood cells, which stay in the bloodstream.
to collect the filtrate that the glomerulus filters from the
Bowman's capsule blood. This filtrate, which contains water, ions, glucose,
and waste products like urea, then moves into the renal
tubule for further processing.
The renal tubule's main function is reabsorption, where it
Renal Tubule reabsorbs water, glucose, and essential ions from the
filtrate back into the blood.
The collecting duct regulates water and electrolyte balance
by reabsorbing water and salts, helping form concentrated or
Collecting duct
dilute urine.