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Urinary system
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Removal of waste from the body is known as | Excretion |
| Three organs of excretion | lungs, kidneys, skin |
| Water and salt make this up | Sweat |
| Water, salt and urea make this up | Urine |
| Kidneys do this to the blood | Filter |
| Blood vessels that supplies blood to the kidneys high in water, salt and urea | Renal artery |
| Comes from the break down of protein in the liver | Urea |
| Carbon dioxide and water vapour are products of this excretory organ | Lungs |
| Blood vessel that contains clean filtered blood | Renal vein |
| Renal artery branches from this blood vessel | Aorta |
| Renal vein connects to this blood vessel | Vena cava |
| Stores urine | Bladder |
| Tube that carries urine from kidney to the bladder | Ureter |
| Tube that removes urine from the bladder out of the body | Urethra |