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Understanding Excretory System: Parts and Functions Explained

Learn about the excretory system, including the role of lungs, skin, liver, and kidneys in removing metabolic wastes like CO2, urea, and maintaining water balance in the body. Discover fascinating facts about urine production and detoxification.

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Understanding Excretory System: Parts and Functions Explained

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  1. Topic: Excretory System Aim: Describe parts & functions of the Excretory System.

  2. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CL78yNLlLmo

  3. Function • Removal of metabolic (cellular) wastes from the body

  4. Metabolic wastes: CO2, H20, salt, nitrogenous wastes (urea)

  5. PARTS OF THE EXCRETORY SYSTEM

  6. Lungs • Excrete CO2 & H2O vapor CO2 & H20 vapor

  7. Skin • Excrete urea, salt & water in sweat (perspiration)

  8. Temperature regulation • Evaporation of sweat from skin cools body Maindex

  9. Liver • Produces UREA • Released into blood and then moves to kidneys

  10. Detoxification = waste products, toxins, and drugs removed from the blood

  11. Kidneys a. Filter wastes from blood

  12. b. Maintains water balance in body c. Produces urine

  13. Did you know… • About 440 gallons of blood flow through the kidneys each and every day! • If you eat a lot of red beets, your urine will actually be colored red. • The average person passes 9,202 gallons of urine in his/her lifetime. That’s enough to fill 315 bathtubs.

  14. Urinary System

  15. Kidneys • Blood filtered • Urine produced

  16. Ureters • Transport urine from kidneys to bladder

  17. Urinary Bladder http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uAy5C2YYlbk • Muscular organ that stores urine

  18. Urethra • Tube that leads urine out of the body

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