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Excretion
SCIENCE 2ND YEAR
Question | Answer |
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What is excretion? | It is the removal of wastes that are made in the body. |
What are the 3 excretory organs and what do they consist of? | Lungs(water,carbon dioxide), skin(sweat=water and salts), kidneys(urine=urea,water,salts). |
What is the kidney? | It filters the blood-it removes urea and salts to form urine. |
What is the renal vein? | It's a branch of the vena cava. Takes blood away from the kidney. |
What is the renal artery? | It's a branch of the aortas. Takes blood to the kidney. |
What is the ureter? | Takes the urine from the kidney to the bladder. |
What is the bladder? | It stores the urine. |
What is the urethra? | It passes the wastes out of the body. |