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Excretory system - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The excretory system is a biological system that removes excess, unnecessary or dangerous materials from an organism. It is responsible for the elimination of oxygen waste products of metabolism as ...
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The primary organs of excretion are the lungs, kidneys, and skin. Waste gases are carried by blood traveling through the veins to the lungs where respiration takes place. Dead cells and sweat are removed from the body through the skin which is part of the integumentary system.
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Excretion - Excretion is the removal of the metabolic wastes of an organism. Wastes that are removed include carbon dioxide, water, salt, urea and uric acid. All excreted wastes travel at some time in the blood. ... Organs of the Excretory System...
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The job of the excretory system is to remove various produced by the body. The removal is known as excreation. It is important for the body to remove these various waste, also known as toxic, because toxic build up can lead to servere death.
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The word excretion means the removal of waste substances from the body. Several organs are involved with the excretory system, including the kidneys, sweat glands, lungs . and rectum, The primary organs of excretions, however, are the kidney.
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Excretory/Urinary System ... Concurrently administered drugs that promote urate (uric acid) excretion by the kidneys can actually cause the formation of uric acid kidney stones, especially if the urine is acidic.
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