Excretory System

Select the excretory organs!

• Skin

• Lungs

• Kidneys

• Liver

• Intestine

The metabolic reactions in our body produce some _____ products that our body must remove.

• waste

• organ

• mucus

• slime

If waste products accumulate in the body, what will happen??

• the toxicity will affect our health

• they will damage the organs in our body

• they will get absorbed as nutrients

• the toxicity will not affect our health

What is the largest organ in our body?

What is the outermost layer of the skin?

• Epidermis

• Dermis

• Subcutaneous Tissue

What function does the skin have apart from being an excretory organ?

• heat insulator

• a sensory organ

• a barrier that protects the body from harmful microbes

• an antibacterial wall that protects the blood from getting infected with zombie virus

Answer explanation

-Protection from objects, chemicals,

bacteria, solar ray

-Sensory organ

-Excess fat storage (energy reserve)

and heat insulator

-Vitamin D activation (w/ UV light)

-Body temperature regulator

What is skin pigment?

• Melanin

• Chlorophyll

• Sweat

• Sunscreen

How does the skin act as regulator for body temperature?

• Sweat

• Melanin

• Photosynthesis

• Guttation

What are sebaceous glands?

• small glands in the skin that produce an oily substance called sebum

• specialized structures that detect and transmit information about the environment, such as touch, pressure, pain, and temperature, to the brain and spinal cord

• a small, muscular blood vessel that branches from an artery to supply blood to the capillaries

• subcutaneous layer that provides insulation and padding, protein that provides structural support and firmness, and cells that produce both collagen and other proteins like elastin

• small, coiled tubes within the skin's dermis that produce and secrete sweat through ducts to help regulate body temperature and for other functions like hydration and waste removal

What are sensory nerve endings?

• small glands in the skin that produce an oily substance called sebum

• specialized structures that detect and transmit information about the environment, such as touch, pressure, pain, and temperature, to the brain and spinal cord

• a small, muscular blood vessel that branches from an artery to supply blood to the capillaries

• subcutaneous layer that provides insulation and padding, protein that provides structural support and firmness, and cells that produce both collagen and other proteins like elastin

• small, coiled tubes within the skin's dermis that produce and secrete sweat through ducts to help regulate body temperature and for other functions like hydration and waste removal