3. Every part of the body generates waste: Co metabolic, ions, etc. filters For

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3. Every part of the body generates waste: Co metabolic, ions, etc. filters For this reason, the body has 2 a. What 2 filters process waste? b. Which filter regulates pH and other ion concentrations, and excretes metabolic waste? 4. The guts (stomach, intestines, pancreas, gallbladder & spleen) generate questionable blood. For this reason, one organ filters all of the blood leaving the guts via a portal system. a. Why would the blood exiting the guts be considered questionable? b. What is a portal system? c. Which portal system drains the guts? d. Which organ filters all of the blood leaving the o. Which portal syserm drains the gus? guts?

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3. Lungs, nephron and intestine are the three filters in our body. Nephron regulates the pH and ion concentrations by regulating ion and water excretion. Maximum of the water soluble metabolic wastes are excreted through urine.

Kidneys are the major organs of urinary system. The filtration of blood takes place in the kidneys through the nephrons. Two ureters carry the urine from the kidneys to the urinary bladder. From the bladder, urine is excreted out through the urethra.

The major functions of urinary system are,

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