participating in the accompanying activities‚ the students will be able to achieve the following objectives: • Describe the function and workings of the excretory system. • Identify the main parts of the excretory system. • Identify the way the kidneys filter the blood. • Define key vocabulary terms associated with the excretory system. SUMMARY OF THE VIDEO This video describes the functions of the excretory system. The excretory system is critical to survival. The trillions of living cells
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Are kidney patients who received a radical nephrectomy at a higher risk of impaired renal function and cardiac related death compared to those who received a partial nephrectomy? Kiara Wilson Nursing 3163 Dr. Linda Upchurch November 12‚ 2012 Background Are kidney patients who received a partial nephrectomy at a lower risk of impaired renal function and cardiac related death compared to those who received a radical nephrectomy? When a patient is diagnosed with kidney damage‚ a surgical nephrectomy
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This project is based on ‘The Excretory System’. It has vital information such: What it is‚ the functions‚ what makes it up‚ the importance of the system in physical activity and what happens if the system does not work. It contains diagrams‚ pictures and even interesting facts. Enjoy! Acknowlegement We would like to thank the Lord for providing us with the ability to put together this project. We would like to our parents for helping us to gather and put all this information together
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9. The spleen is situated in the: A. Right Upper Hypocondrium B. Left Upper Hypochondrium‚ protected by ribs IX-XI C. D. E. 18. The pancreatic duct of the pancreas A. Joins the common hepatic duct B. Begins in the tail of the pancreas C. Empties to the duodenum at minor duodenal papilla D. Can be closed by sphincter of Oddi E. After entering the pancreatic head turns superiorly 42. The common hepatic duct: A. Drains the bile and pancreatic secretion B. Is formed by fusion of hepatic and cystic
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1. -Regulate composition of blood: the kidneys afjut the composition and volume of blood and remove wastes from it. -Regulation of blood pH: The kidneys excrete a variable amount of H+ -Regulation of blood pressure: The kidneys help regulate blood pressure by secreting the enzyme renin‚ that causes and increase in blood pressure. -Contributions to metabolism: The kidneys help synthesize the hormone calcitriol. 2. Kidneys: the kidneys filter out wastes from the blood these wastes
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Plumbago zeylanica L. belonging to the family Plumbaginaceae is an important plant of medicinal value. P. zeylanica is greatly valued in Ayurveda for treatment of cough‚ asthma and gastrointestinal disorders. In Sushrutha Samhitha it has been described as antiseptic‚ febrifuge‚ detoxicant‚ antihelminthic and considered valuable for curing migraine‚ jaundice‚ urinary calculi‚ internal abscesses‚ seminal weakness‚ vaginal discharges and insanity. In the Arabian Peninsula‚ it is mainly distributed
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is a practice of stealing people’s organ through surgery under the influence of drugs or from a dead person‚ and the organs are normally sold in black market such as China. South Africa‚ and Russia. WHO has estimated that one-fifth of the 70‚000 kidneys that are transplanted every year come from the black market through a widespread organ-trafficking networks. In my opinion‚ organ trafficking has become an international trade due to several reasons. First of all‚ an organ trafficking market has
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types of donations are performed. These six are a transplant of the kidney‚ pancreas‚ liver‚ heart‚ lung‚ or intestine. On rare occasions two transplants will be paired together and performed at the same time such as a kidney and pancreas or a heart and lung transplant (Maddix‚
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Gallardo‚ Monica J. Mr. Michael S. Macugay ENGLCOM August 11‚ 2014 Saving Lives Is More than Just Medications If someone close to your heart is faced with a life or death situation‚ would you do everything to help him or her? Certainly‚ it would be a yes. Close to a million of people are dying every year because of insufficient number of donated organs to be transplanted. There are hundreds of thousands of individuals in need of life-saving organ transplants‚ but the wait list is so long. That
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measuring the solution at an absorbance of 595 nm. Proteins can usually be obtained from renal ultrafiltration. Proteinuria‚ a high level of protein in urine‚ is an indicator of a varied amount of diseases that can affect the kidney. Hypertension is a well-known common cause of kidney disease and if controlled successfully‚ it can lead to a decrease in proteinuria and an overall
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