2006-10-09 05:59:45 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Homework Help
Excretory systems regulate the chemical composition of body fluids by removing metabolic wastes and retaining the proper amounts of water, salts, and nutrients. Components of this system in vertebrates include the kidneys, liver, lungs, and skin.
Not all animals use the same routes or excrete their wastes the same way humans do. Excretion applies to metabolic waste products that cross a plasma membrane. Elimination is the removal of feces.
2006-10-09 06:11:58 · answer #1 · answered by landkm 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It filters out all of the toxins the body takes in like alchohol, drugs and tylenol.
2006-10-09 06:01:03 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
to make bile:1-1.5 quarts /day. to break down food via using enzymes as well as to eliminate the waste.
2006-10-09 06:14:41 · answer #3 · answered by icycrissy27blue 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Read your book.
2006-10-09 06:08:13 · answer #4 · answered by chocolate-drop 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋