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excretory system

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The systems that excrete wastes from the body. For example, the system of organs that regulates the amount of water in the body and filters and eliminates from the blood the wastes produced by metabolism. The principal organs of the excretory system are the kidneys, ureters, urethra, and urinary bladder.

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Their excretory system consists of two tubules connected to a highly branched duct system.

From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022

Based on these findings, how may the excretory system of one of the terrestrial organisms listed above change if it evolved to spend most of its time in water?

From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022

It was like having a ticking time bomb lodged in your excretory system.

From Salon ● Sep. 16, 2013

The excretory system is also developing: the kidneys are well-formed, and meconium, or fetal feces, begins to accumulate in the intestines.

From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013

Who says heat is not a union of the human gases with oxygen and other substances as they pass out of the excretory system.

From Philosophy of Osteopathy by Still, A. T. (Andrew Taylor)

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