male‚ age 55 and we will be following what happens to a hamburger‚ fries and a refreshing glass of root beer‚ as its enters his body and begins the process of digestion. After that we will then follow the root beer into the blood stream and to the kidneys‚ through the urinary tract and then our journey will end when the urine is expelled. Let’s begin!! The first step of our journey begins in the mouth. Here food is ground up using his teeth and his saliva helps to moisten the food to help make the
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URINARY SYSTEM This system consists of the KIDNEYS‚ URETERS‚ URETHRA‚ and BLADDER. Not many structures‚ but very important. Functions: 1. Regulate electrolytes (K‚ Na‚ etc) in body 2. Regulate pH in blood 3. Regulate blood pressure 4. Regulate blood volume 5. Removing metabolic wastes (chemicals produces by chemical reactions in the body are excreted). This is the least important of the kidney’s functions. You can survive for a few weeks without excreting waste products in the urine‚ but hour
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Chapter 28 Cont. Evolution of the Kidney in Vertebrates * Vertebrates have 2 kidneys * On the back of the abdominal cavity * Kidney has a * Renal capsule * Cortex (towards the outside) * Medulla (towards the central region) * Structure and function of kidneys can differ depending animal type and developmental stage * 3 kinds of vertebrate kidneys * Pronephros * Adult hagfish & (embryos fish and amphibians)
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the nephron in function? THREE EXCRETORY ORGANS: KIDNESY‚ LUNG‚ SKIN UREA MUST BE MIXED IN WATER TO BE EXCRETED BY THE NEPHRON AND SKIN. THE NEPHRIDIA OF THE EARTHWORM IS SIMILAR IN STRUCTURE/FUNCTION TO THE NEPHRON OF A VERTEBRATE MAMMAL KIDNEY. 3. How are the excretory wastes carbon dioxide and water produced in the body? CARBON DIOXIDE IS AN EXCRETORY WASTE FROM RESPIRATION. IF YOU FOLLOW THE CARBONS‚ THEY ORIGINATED WITH ORGANIC FOOD MOLECULES. WATER IS AN EXCRETORY WASTE FROM
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Main body system Cardiovascular system The cardiovascular system has three main functions: Transport- Transportation of oxygen‚ nutrients and hormones to cells and removal of metabolic wastes such as carbon dioxide‚ heat and nitrogenous wastes. Regulation- Of body temperature‚ fluid pH and water content of cells Protection- By white blood cells‚ antibodies and complement proteins that circulate in blood and defend again foreign microbes and toxins. Also white blood cells clot when
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urinary system consists of the kidneys‚ ureters‚ bladder‚ and urethra. The key elements in the system are the kidneys‚ a pair of purplish-brown organs located below the ribs toward the middle of the back. The kidneys remove excess liquid and wastes from the blood in the form of urine‚ keep a stable balance of salts and other substances in the blood‚ and produce a hormone that aids the formation of red blood cells. Narrow tubes called ureters carry urine from the kidneys to the bladder‚ a triangle-shaped
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` Project 3.4.3: The Blood/Urine Connection Introduction Water is obtained from food‚ drink‚ and from reactions that occur in the body. The kidneys process and balance the amount of water that enters your system with the amount that is released. The digestive system helps rid the body of solid wastes‚ but some of the wastes in the blood are the remnants of the digestion of food products. For example‚ when amino acids are broken down by the body‚ ammonia (NH3) is formed. This product is so
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international transplant society and opposed by many commentators. Who do you think will sell their organs? Poor people of course. In India‚ as Goyal et al.2010 have documented‚ 87% of kidney sellers reported a deterioration of health status and one third‚ a decrease in family income. Of 292 persons who sold a kidney to pay off debts‚ 74% still had debts 6 years later‚ and those in poverty increased from 54% prior to the sale to 71% after the sale (38). These findings are reinforced by Cohen’s in-depth
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of various organs in the Abdomen according to the region Abdomen Regions Organs Right Hypochondrium Liver‚ Gallbladder‚ Right Kidney‚ Small Intestine Left Hypochondrium Spleen‚ Colon‚ Left Kidney‚ Pancreas Epigastrium Stomach‚ Liver‚ Pancreas‚ Duodenum‚ Spleen‚ Adrenal Glands Right Lumber Region Gallbladder‚ Liver‚ Right Colon Left Lumber Region Descending Colon‚ Left Kidney Umbilical Region Umbilicus‚ Jejunum‚ Ileum‚ Duodenum Right Iliac Fossa Appendix‚ Cecum Left Iliac Fossa Descending Colon‚ Sigmoid
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Hume argues that ‘it is only from the selfishness and confin’d generosity of men‚ along with the scanty provision nature has made for his wants‚ that justice derives its origin’. Is he right? Name: Tanieka Kargwal Words: 1524 In this essay I will contend and try to persuade you that the origins of justice do not require both ‘selfishness’ and ‘scanty provisions’ but rather one of the two conditions is enough in order to derive justice. This is because we are able to create property rights by
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