Digestion and Excretory

Nephrons

• what the stomach uses to filter food

• factories that produce protein

• what the kidneys use to filter blood

• factories that produce energy

Energy

• produced through the ribosomes

• unit measurement for calorie

• produced by the endoplasmic reticulum

• unit measurement for temperature

kidneys

• main organs of the digestive system

• Main organs of the excretory system

• help us with digestion

• rid us of carbon dioxide

Stomach

• where the waste from the digestive exits the body

• muscular tube that connects with the mouth

• Muscular pouch that mechanically and chemically digests food

• where most of the chemical digestion takes place

On a hot day our body sweats more reducing the amount of urine produced

• example of the effects the environment has on our excretory system

• example of homeostasis and the digestive system

• example of the effects the environment has on our digestive system

• example of the effects the digestive system has on our excretory system

villi

• kills the bacteria in our stomach

• flap of tissue to stop food from going into the lungs

• a nutrient that helps clot blood

• structures in small intestine that absorb nutrients

Urea

• another word for urine

• waste product of the excretory system

• formed in the ureters

• waste product of the digestive system

Amino Acids

• what proteins are made up of

• the minerals our body produces

• a vitamin

• the acid in our stomach

ureters

• tubes that wastes from excretory system exit from

• tubes that are used for urine to flow from bladder to urethra

• tubes that are used for urine to flow from bladder to kidneys

• tubes that are used for urine to flow from kidneys to bladder

hydrochloric acid

• the acid in our stomach

• the acid that makes up proteins

• another word for saliva

• starts the digestion process