urea creation, filtration ,importance of water levels

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the 3 things that are filtered out

some water, some ions,all urea

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urea comes about from ( deamination is)

proteins can`t be stored liver turns them into fats/carbs

this process releases toxic ammonia

liver converts ammonia to urea

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the urea is taken to kidney tubeles

and filtered out in filtration proccess

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a small amount of urea is also excreted from skin when you

sweat

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the water levels have to be kept constant because of osmosis why?

as osmosis works from high to low conc if there’s a higher level in blood than cells water will move out of cells causing them to function less efficiently

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what else has to be kept constant for body cells to work

the ion water balance

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the body needs some water and ions but not all so what happens

first the kidneys filter and then reabsorb the useful substances

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filtration is

substances removed out of blood passing by kidneys