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

The key regulatory processes that will be examined here are those affecting the excretory system, the reproductive system, metabolism, blood calcium concentrations, growth, and the stress response.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

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

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

From Salon • Sep. 16, 2013

They lack circulatory and respiratory systems, and have a rudimentary excretory system.

From Textbooks • Apr. 25, 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)