Excretory and Urinary System review | Baamboozle - Baamboozle

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a review of our lessons on the Excretory and Urinary system

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True or False: one of the functions of the excretory system is to remove waste and toxins from the body

True

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True or False: one of the functions of the excretory system is to change the amount of fluid and salts in the body

False

10

True or False: one of the functions of the excretory system is to mantain homeostasis

True

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What is homeostasis?

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What are nephrons? What is thier function?

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Blood is filtered by the ________ producing ______, which contains ________ products that need to be excreted

kidney | urine | waste

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What is the name of the fluid after it is processed in the Bowman's capsule?

It becomes filtrate

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What is the Glomerulus?

A specialised mass of capillares

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What are some of the components that make up filtrate?

glucose, water, H+ ions, bicarbonate ions, medications, vitamins, amino acids, salts, and urea

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True or false: after passing through the nephron and being processed will move through the tubes of the nephron all of the filtrate will be expelled through urine

False, some of it will be reabsorbed (pass through the barrier, end up in the interstitial fluid and then circulate through the body)

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What are the ureters?

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How is urine expelled?

It is stored in the bladder before it is expelled from the body through the urethra

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