Chapter 10 - Excretion

Process which controls the water and mineral salts in the blood.

muscles at the base of the urinary bladder that control the flow of urine into the urethra.

Less water is reabsorbed resulting in a(n) ________ urine.

In dialysis, blood is passed over a dialysis membrane of a large surface area which is permeable to ________ but does not allow proteins to pass through.

(________) The urinary bladder is an elastic and muscular organ that collects and stores urine excreted by the kidneys.

Process that occurs in the glomerulus.

The organ which functions to remove waste products, excess water and excess mineral salts.

The hypothalamus contains ________ that can monitor the water potential of blood.

the process by which the body removes metabolic waste products and toxic materials.

________, nitrogenous waste products, excess water and processed drugs and poisons from the liver enter the renal pelvis as urine.

________, nitrogenous wastes and excess water are excreted through the kidneys through ultrafiltration and selective reabsorption of useful materials.

The hormone which controls the amount of water in blood, released by the pituitary gland.

________ are ‘ breaking- down processes where larger molecules are broken down to form smaller molecules.

The ________ are excreted by the following organs:

________ in water due to drinking or excessive loss due to diarrhoea or sweating will result in a change in the water potential of blood.

processes which consist of anabolic processes and catabolic processes.

________ could also lead to an increase in blood pressure due to an increase in volume.

narrow tubes that emerge from a depression in the concave surface of the kidney called a hilum.

an elastic and muscular organ that collects and stores urine excreted by the kidneys.

a duct that connects the urinary bladder to the outside of the body. Urine passes through this tube to the outside.

The machine which would have to perform the functions of a kidney.