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    The human excretory system removes waste from the body through four main organs: the lungs, skin, liver, and kidneys. The lungs exhale carbon dioxide, the skin sweats out water and salts, the liver filters the blood and produces bile and urea, and the kidneys filter the blood to remove urea, salts, and water to produce urine for excretion. Together these organs remove cellular waste to prevent toxicity and maintain homeostasis in the body.

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    The human excretory system removes waste from the body through four main organs: the lungs, skin, liver, and kidneys. The lungs exhale carbon dioxide, the skin sweats out water and salts, the liver filters the blood and produces bile and urea, and the kidneys filter the blood to remove urea, salts, and water to produce urine for excretion. Together these organs remove cellular waste to prevent toxicity and maintain homeostasis in the body.

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    The human excretory system removes waste from the body through four main organs: the lungs, skin, liver, and kidneys. The lungs exhale carbon dioxide, the skin sweats out water and salts, the liver filters the blood and produces bile and urea, and the kidneys filter the blood to remove urea, salts, and water to produce urine for excretion. Together these organs remove cellular waste to prevent toxicity and maintain homeostasis in the body.

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    Human Excretory System

    Name: ___________________
    Date: __________________
    Excretory System
    Excretion – removes cellular waste

    The process that collects & removes


    harmful or useless substances that
    form in the body or are taken into the
    body from the blood, tissues, and cells.
    Excretory System
    Although the urinary system has a major role in
    excretion, other organs contribute to the excretory
    function.
    Four Organs of the Excretory System

    •The lungs in the respiratory system excrete some


    waste products, such as carbon dioxide and water.
    •The skin is another excretory organ that rids the
    body of wastes through the sweat glands.
    •The liver (via the intestines) excretes bile pigments
    that result from the destruction of hemoglobin. It
    also converts nitrogenous waste from the break
    down of proteins into urea.
    •The major task of excretion still belongs to the
    kidneys, the major organ in the urinary system. If it
    fails the other organs cannot take over and
    compensate adequately.
    Cellular Waste
    Heat
    Water
    Salts
    CO2
    Urea
    W/O excretion poisonous wastes build
    up in blood, cells, and tissues.
    Could lead to serious illness &
    eventually DEATH!
    Liver – Some Functions
    Functions in Excretion
    – Detoxifies Blood
    Filters Bacteria, alcohol, drugs, toxic
    substances
    Changes them into inactive or less toxic
    forms.

     Excretes Bile
     Contains
     Worn-out RBC
     Bile salts
     Cholesterol
    Liver Produces
    Functions in Excretion
    Urea
    – Forms Urea
    Changes toxic wastes (ammonia – from break
    down of amino acids) to Urea.
    Urea  Blood  Kidneys
    Filtered out & excreted in Urine
    Lungs –Main Function

    Alveoli - Exchange O2 & CO2 between air and


    blood (through process of diffusion)
    Lungs excrete CO2 when you EXHALE
    Skin
    Sweat Glands
    – Help cool body: Heat escapes through
    millions of pores in skin surface
    – Excrete perspiration (evap. cooling)
    99% H2O
    Mineral Salts
    Urea
    Kidneys & Urinary System
    Urinary System – excretes waste and
    maintains homeostasis of body fluids.
    – Kidneys (main organ of the system)
    – Ureters
    – Bladder
    – Urethra
    Kidneys & Urinary System
    Kidneys
    – Two
    – Fist sized
    – Bean shaped
    Kidneys- Functional Units & Product
    Nephron (about one million per kidney)
    – Microscopic units that filter blood of wastes.
    – H2O and waste taken from blood into nephron
    Form URINE
     Glomerulus (clump of capillaries)
     At end of each nephron
     Network of coiled tubes – diffusion of wastes -
    while useful substances & water are reabsorbed
     Urine
     Pale yellow solution
     Urea, H20, salts, other trace solutions (toxins…)
    Urinary System - continued
    Ureters
    – Narrow muscular tubes
    – Connect Kidney  Bladder
     Bladder
     Muscular sac
     Stores Urine
     Expand to fill
     Muscle relaxes
     Urine squeezed into Urethra
    Urinary System - endpoint
    Urethra
    – Tube leading from Bladder  outside of body
    Failures of Homeostasis
    Bladder & Kidney Infections caused by
    bacteria from colon/rectum entering urethra.
    Kidney Stones - crystallization of mineral salts
    & uric acid that block passage of urine
    Kidney Disease - caused by long term
    diabetes, infections, & chemical poisoning
    Gout – form of arthritis where excess
    production of uric acid leads to deposits of
    crystals in joints (esp. toes)

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