Excretion Flashcards

8431029130	Metabolic Process	Any chemical reaction occurring inside the body that keeps us alive. EX. cell respiration, enzyme reactions, immune responses, etc.	0
8431029131	Excretion	The removal of metabolic waste.	1
8431029132	Metabolic Waste	Any waste products from a metabolic chemical reaction.	2
8431029133	Diffusion	The movement of molecules from an area of high concentration to an area of low concentration.	3
8431029134	Active Transport	The movement of molecules that require energy.	4
8431029135	How do plants excrete?	Plants excrete water vapor and oxygen through their stomates and lenticles.	5
8431029137	Nephron	The functional unit of the kidney, in which waste products are filtered from the blood and urine is produced.	6
8431029141	Homeostasis	The maintaining of stable internal conditions.	7
8431029142	Kidney	An excretory organ that filters waste from the blood and creates urine.	8
8431029143	Ureter	An excretory organ the moves urine from the kidney to the urinary bladder.	9
8431029144	Urinary Bladder	An excretory organ the temporarily stores urine.	10
8431029145	Urethra	An excretory organ that carries urine from the urinary bladder out of the body.	11
8431029147	Lung	An excretory organ that removes carbon dioxide & water from the body.	12
8431029148	Capillary	The ONLY type of blood vessel in which diffusion can occur between blood and other body structures.	13
8431068678	Urea	A nitrogenous waste made in the liver. It forms when proteins/amino acids breakdown.	14
8431073484	Liver	An organ that makes urea.	15
8431083405	Bowman's Capsule	The place where filtration takes place in the nephrons.	16
8431098238	Removed from the kidneys as urine	water, salts, urea, and other materials	17
8431100968	Removed from the lungs	Carbon dioxide & water	18
8431100969	Removed by the skin	water, salt, urea	19
8431652838	Decreased urine output	Producing less urine or urinating less often	20
12168567906	filtration	Separating large molecules from smaller ones, as in the glomerulus and Bowman's capsule of a nephron.	21
12168571667	filtrate	fluid that passes from the blood through the capillary walls of the glomeruli of the kidney	22
12168577602	reabsorption	process in the kidney that puts useful substances (water, glucose, amino acids) back into the blood	23
12168577603	Loop of Henle	section of the nephron tubule that is responsible for conserving water and minimizing the volume of the filtrate	24
12168635426	Deamination	the removal of an amino group from an organism, particularly from an amino acid	25