Intro to excretory system

Deamination

Deamination

How are amino acids broken down for use in cell respiration?

Kidneys

What organ is responsible for removing intracellular wastes collected by the blood?

Glucose

Which of the following is not a waste product from metabolic reactions?

Water, Glucose, CO2, NH4

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Intracellular waste comes from cell respiration, metabolism, drug/toxin metabolism, and protein catabolism

single

______ cells can rely on diffusion to remove wastes

Multicellular

_____________ organisms require a transport system for waste to be removed

Hypertonic

In multicellular organisms, if there was a large amount of waste outside the cells, that would create a (hypotonic/hypertonic) environment.

Lungs

_____ remove carbon dioxide and water vapour

Sweat glands

_____ ______ in skin release excess water and salts

Kidneys

_______ filter Nitrogenous waste and clean the blood to produce urine

Diffusion

Aquatic organisms can rely on _________ to remove NH4 quickly

Liver

Terrestrial organisms need to conserve water so NH4 is converted to less toxic forms by the _____

uric acid

Egg laying animals cant release urine from the egg so they rely on ____ ____

Urea

What type of N-waste would be excreted by a Human?

NH4

What type of N-waste would be excreted by a shark?

urea

2NH2 + CO2 = _____

liver

urea is produced by the _____

uric acid

What type of N-waste would be excreted by a penguin?

precipitated

In uric acid, the urea is usually ____________ out of the solution

Uric acid

organisms that fly typically excrete N-waste as ____ ____.