Potentially harmful substances that build up in cells during nutrition/digestion, cellular respiration, and other metabolic processes

Maintenance of stable internal environment

life process/function that removes harmful metabolic waste products that can disrupt homeostasis (CO₂, excess H₂O, urea, etc.)

The system that removes harmful metabolic waste products from the body through the urinary bladder

Excrete excess water vapor and carbon dioxide (byproducts of cellular respiration)

Does many things, including making urea and bile, breaking down red blood cells, and breaking down glycogen into glucose

excrete water, urea, and salts through sweat

The system that filters blood to remove wastes and produce urine, and helps to regulate blood volume, blood pressure, and blood composition

Kidneys (letter)

Transport urine from the kidneys to the urinary bladder

Urinary Bladder (letter)

Removes urine from the bladder and transports it out of the body

Pathway of Urine

sub-unit of the kidneys that filters harmful waste products out of blood and regulates blood composition

small dense network of capillaries in the nephron where substances (including water, excess salts, and toxic waste products) are filtered out of the blood

cuplike structure in the nephron that surrounds the glomerulus and absorbs the substances (including water, excess salts, and toxic waste products

disorder caused by excess production of uric acid which can be deposited in the joints of the feet