The Excretory System (structures, functions, homeostasis)

Excretion

• controls growth, development, and energy processes

• produces and delivers sex cells

• removes waste products from the body

• controls body's responses to changes inside and outside environments

_______________is a waste product produced when protein is broken down.

• Urea

• Oxygen

• Carbon monoxide

• Sulfur

The _______________removes the waste products from the blood but keep the materials your body needs.

• skin

• nose

• kidneys

• lungs

_______________is a fluid that consists of water, urea, and other waste products to be eliminated from the body.

• gastric juice

• bile

• blood

• urine

The ureters

• removes wastes from blood and produces urine.

• brings in oxygen needed by cells.

• are narrow tubes that carry urine to the urinary bladder.

• adds nitrogen to blood.

What is #2?

• Kidney
• Ureters
• Bladder
• Urethra

What is #3?

• Kidney
• Ureters
• Bladder
• Urethra

What is #4?

• Kidney
• Ureter
• Bladder
• Urethra

What is #1?

• Kidney
• Ureters
• Bladder
• Urethra

Homeostasis is the condition in which an organism's internal environment is kept stable in spite of changes in the outside environment.

• TRUE

• FALSE