Excretory/Excretory System

Homeostasis

tendency of the body to seek and maintain balance

Excretory System

Filters metabolic waste from the blood and removes liquid waste (urine) from the body

Excrete

To get rid of

Kidney Diagram

Ureter Diagram

Bladder Diagram

Urethra Diagram

Skin

excretory organ that eliminates waste in the form of perspiration (sweat)- protects us from viruses/germs

Organs of the excretory system

kidneys, ureters, bladder, urethra

How does the skin excrete waste?

by sweating

Accessory organs

Liver, Lungs, Skin

Liver

Filters blood from the digestive tract

Urethra

A small tube which allows urine to leave out of the body

Bladder

Stores urine until we are ready to release it

Ureters

A narrow tube that carries urine from the kidneys to the bladder

Kidney

Filters metabolic waste products from the blood; creates urine

What two systems work together to bring blood to the kidneys to filter metabolic waste before it is excreted from the body through the urethra?

Circulatory & Excretory

What two systems work together when the body is sweating?

Integumentary & Excretory

What two systems are working together when the body is expelling carbon dioxide?

Respiratory & Excretory

What two systems are working together when your body is expelling the food you have digested?

Digestive & Excretory

Metabolic Waste

waste produced by the body