excretory system

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1. 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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Example Sentences

This section specifically describes how different hormones affect the excretory system, the reproductive system, metabolism, blood calcium concentrations, growth, and the stress response.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

Their excretory system, or protonephridia, consists of two tubules connected to a highly branched tube system.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

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

From Salon • Sep. 16, 2013

Figure 16.3 The human excretory system is made up of the kidneys, ureter, urinary bladder, and urethra.

From Textbooks • Apr. 25, 2013

In the same way the living machine has its excretory system for removing wastes.

From The Story of the Living Machine A Review of the Conclusions of Modern Biology in Regard to the Mechanism Which Controls the Phenomena of Living Activity by Conn, H. W. (Herbert William)