nitrogenous wastes
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Nitrogenous waste can be valuable as fertilizer.
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However, excess nitrogen must be excreted from the body because nitrogenous wastes tend to form toxic ammonia, which raises the pH of body fluids and disrupts homeostasis.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
Sometimes, excretory systems eliminate excess water along with nitrogenous wastes.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2018
This process can get rid of nitrogenous wastes and retain water, but doesn’t allow the kidneys to eliminate excess salts.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2018
The system is responsible for the regulation of dissolved salts and the excretion of nitrogenous wastes.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2015
There is no excretory system or organs, and nitrogenous wastes simply diffuse from the cells into the water outside the animal or in the gastrovascular cavity.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2015
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