Vocab - The Excretory System

Excretory system function

To keep homeostasis through excretion

Kidneys

Filter wastes from the blood and help produce urine

Nephron

A structure in the kidney that filters blood

Filtration

Water and small molecules from the capillary enter the nephron

Reabsorption

Water and valuable solutes are returned to the blood

Secretion

Solutes that the body needs to get rid of are excreted from the blood into the urine

Excretion

Urine is excreted out the body

Ureters

Connect the kidney to the bladder

Bladder

Where urine is stored

Urethra

Where urine exits the body

ADH

Antiduiretic hormone

Liver

Removes all of the toxic compounds from your blood