excretion - removal of metabolic waste products from the body, deamination - a process that remove part of amino acid molecule and convert to urea - occurs in the liver , lungs - an organ that involved in excreting gaseous metabolic waste from the body, kidney - main organ that excrete nitrogenous waste from the body , skin - traces of metabolic waste are excreted in this organ while removing excess heat from the body at the same time, ureter - the narrow tube that connects kidney to bladder, urinary bladder - the elastic muscular bag that stores urine temporarily, urethra - the duct through which urine passes from bladder to outside of the body, nephron - basic functional unit of kidney, Bowman's capsule - cup-like structure of nephron in the outer region of the kidney, proximal convoluted tubule - continuation of cup-like structure of the kidney now extended into the inner region of the kidney, function is for reabsorption, Loop of Henle - the long tubule that makes a U turn back into the outer region , Distal convoluted tubule - tubule entering the inner region of the kidney again, collecting duct - tubule that runs straight through the inner region and eventually opens into a funnel-like space that leads to the ureter, afferent arteriole - the small branch of renal artery that first enters the cup-like structure in the nephron, having a wider diameter than the other end of the blood vessel that leading out of the cup-like structure , glomerulus - a knot of blood capillaries in the cup-like structure of nephron, ultrafiltration - first process of urine formation, selective reabsoprtion - second stage of urine formation,

excretion - structure function processes

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