Excretory System

By Daria Hoang, Jacob Jossart, Zach Muzzarelli,

& Cris Boggio

What is the excretory

system?
Vital process
Maintains homeostasis by removing excess water
and waste
Takes waste products left behind following
previous absorption of nutrients
Compacts wastes into urine and feces for disposal

Involved Organs
Kidneys
Filter waste out of the blood and regulate blood
composition

Skin
Excretes water and salt in sweat
Helps kidneys control salt composition of blood

Lungs
Filters out and exhales carbon dioxide

Our Model From Top to

Bottom
Renal Artery
Brings blood from the heart to the kidneys
Dialysis tubing with iodine represents incoming blood

Kidneys
Pressure filtration occurs in a network of capillaries called the
glomerulus, which is nestled in the Bowmans capsule
Filters multiple products: water, urea, salt, glucose, amino
acids, vitamins, and water
Represented by iodine diffusing across dialysis tubing and into
surrounding water
Iodine = waste product
Reabsorption later occurs and returns glucose, amino acids,
vitamins, and water to blood
Process of reabsorption is represented by yellow tubing

Our Model (cont.)

Ureter
Transports urine (waste after reabsorption) to
bladder

Bladder
Muscular sac that holds and stores urine until
removal from body