Vocab - The Excretory System

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Excretory system function
To keep homeostasis through excretion
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Kidneys
Filter wastes from the blood and help produce urine
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Nephron
A structure in the kidney that filters blood
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Filtration
Water and small molecules from the capillary enter the nephron
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Reabsorption
Water and valuable solutes are returned to the blood
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Secretion
Solutes that the body needs to get rid of are excreted from the blood into the urine
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Excretion
Urine is excreted out the body
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Ureters
Connect the kidney to the bladder
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Bladder
Where urine is stored
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Urethra
Where urine exits the body
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ADH
Antiduiretic hormone
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Liver
Removes all of the toxic compounds from your blood