6. Four Organs of the Excretory System
The Skin, that rids the body of wastes
through sweat glands.
7. Kidneys & Urinary System
Urinary System – excretes waste and maintains homeostasis of
body fluids.
Kidneys (main organ of the system)
Ureters
Bladder
Urethra
9. Kidneys- Functional Units & Product
Nephron (about one million per kidney)
Microscopic functional units of kidneys, that filter blood of
wastes.
H2O and waste taken from blood into nephron
Form URINE
Urine
Pale yellow solution
Urea, H20, salts, other trace solutions (toxins…)
10. Ureters
Urine leaves the kidney through a duct called
ureter.
Narrow muscular tubes
Connect kidney to Bladder
11. Urinary Bladder
Ureters of both the kidney opens into muscular sac
called Urinary Bladder.
Store urine.
Expand to fill.