EXCRETORY SYSTEM
Julia Fine and Neha Ghias
SO WHAT EVEN IS THE EXCRETOR
SYSTEM
e excretory system is the body system in charge of releasing waste from the
ody. This discharge of waste plays a main part in making sure your body is in
constant state of homeostasis. This system contains the following
gans: lungs, kidneys, urinary bladder, ureter, urethra, liver and skin.
ORGANS INVOLVED
his system contains the following organs: lungs, kidneys, urinary
adder, ureter, urethra, liver and skin.
UNGS
e lungs participate in the
xcretory system by
xpelling CO2 from the body.
IDNEYS
e kidneys filter toxins out of
e blood and excrete it into
e bladder.
RINARY
LADDER
ollects urine and sends it out
the body through the
ethra.
urinary
bladder
RETER
opel urine from the kidneys to
e urinary bladder.
RETHRA
rries urine from the urinary bladder
t of the body.
urethra
VER
eaks down complex toxins in the
dy and create bile.
KIN
crete sweat to maintain a constant
dy temperature.
INTERACTION WITH
THE CIRCULATORY SYSTEM
ood is circulated through kidneys and toxins are filtered out. From the
dneys, toxins are sent to the urinary bladder to be expelled from the body.
FUN FACT: BLOOD
CIRCULATES
THEROUGH THE
KIDNEYS 300 TIMES A
DAY
INTERACTION WITH TH
ENDOCRINE SYSTEM
e Endocrine System releases hormones that make kidneys increase or
ecrease water absorption. This impacts the amount of urine produced.
FUN FACT: HUMANS
PEE 5-10 TIMES
PER DAY
DISEASES O
THE EXRETORY SYSTEM
KIDNEY FAILURE
condition in which the kidneys lose
e ability to remove waste and
alance fluids. There are five different
pes of kidney
ilure, including Chronic Intrinsic
dney Failure.
FUN FACT: KIDNEY
STONES CAN GROW
TO BE THE SIZE OF
GOLF BALLS.
BLADDER CANCER
Cancer that begins in the
bladder. Bladder cancer begins mos
often in the cells that line the inside o
the bladder. Bladder cancer typica
affects older adults, though it can
occur at any age.
IMPACTS OF ENVIRONMENTA
FACTOR
LEAD IN WATER
auses harm by overworking the
dneys. When an excess of lead is
esent in what the body consumes
water), the kidneys have to put in
xtra effort to filter it out.
SMOKE IN AIR
Causes harm by clogging pores in
the skin. This triggers a reduction in th
amount of sweat being released
which endangers the
body's homeostasis.
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