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Excretory System

The Excretory System


Function - Eliminates metabolic wastes from the body

The major wastes:


 Carbon dioxide
 Heat
 Nitrogen
 Salts
What are Metabolic Wastes?
Metabolism is the burning of nutrients for energy
within the body.

 Feces is mostly just leftover digested material. It


never is burned for energy

 Feces never truly is within the body


(remember the digestive tract is like a tube…)
What organs are involved?
Main Organs Accessory Organs
 Kidneys Lungs
 Ureters  Liver
 Urinary Bladder Skin
 Urethra

These organs all have one thing in common:


they eliminate wastes from the body.
Liver
~Accessory Organ~
Functions:
• Produces urea (compacted nitrogen
produced in the breakdown of protein)
• Regulates sugar in blood
• Breaks down old red blood cells and poisons
and sends them to the kidneys for disposal
The Kidneys
• Main organ of the excretory
system – filters blood
• Located on either side of your
backbone, slightly above your
belly button in your lower
back
• Wastes Eliminated
 Water
 Salts
 Nitrogen
Blood Filtration & Urine Production
- Urea travels from liver to kidney in
blood

- As blood enters the kidney, it is


forced through capillaries filtering out
urea, excess water, and salts as they
pass through millions of filtering
tubes called nephrons.
- Wastes that remain in the nephrons
are considered urine.
Leaving the Kidney
- Filtered blood leaves the
kidneys and returns to the heart
for circulation

- The nephrons move urine to


tubes known as ureters that
extend to the bladder.

- The more water your body


eliminates, the clearer your
urine
Urinary Bladder
- Muscular, stretchy organ that
stores urine for disposal

- Holds roughly one pint, or


470mL, of urine for disposal

Voluntary or involuntary from


this point forward?

Voluntary – You control when


the urine leaves your bladder
through the tube known as the
urethra.
Lungs
~Accessory Organ~
Wastes Eliminated
Carbon Dioxide
Water
Heat

What system transports


these wastes to the lungs?
Circulatory System
Skin
~Accessory Organ~

Wastes Excreted
- Urea
- Salts
- Water
- Heat

Heat is lost in two ways:


- Capillaries shifted closer to the skin
- Sweating
How do the
excretory
system and the
digestive system
work together?
If you said……..
. These organs in both systems all
work together to convert food from
its raw form into nutrients the body
can use, while processing and
disposing of the remaining waste
materials….you are CORRECT!

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