Excretory System
By Olivia Hailey
Liver
The liver is the largest gland in the body. It destroys blood cells that are old, removes toxic matter and waste from blood. Also it has bile, which is a digestive fluid.
Diseases of the Excretory System
- Liver Disease
- Inflammatory Bowel Disease
- Kidney Disease
- Cancer
Causes of Liver Disease:
Drinking too much alcohol.
Symptoms:
Liver damage or liver stops functioning.
Treatments:
A healthy liver transplant from someone who died.
Functions
- The bladder stores a wasted called urine until in needs to be removed from he body which it is being stored.
- The kidney makes sure that the waste is removed from the body.
- The ureter are tubes that connect he bladder and the kidneys together.
- The urethra is a tube that urine goes through so it can be released from the body.
- The liver destroys old red blood cells, and removes toxic matter and waste from the blood. It also has a bile which is digestive fluid.
What Can You Live Without
You need all the organs in the Excretory System to live.
Interactions WIth Other Systems
The excretory system interacts with the Circulatory system. Blood circulates through the body. Then it passes through one of the kidneys. The water, uric acid, and the urea are removed from the blood. Also most of the water is located back into the system. The kidneys interact with endocrine system because the adrenal glands position on the top of each kidney, and the adrenal gland lets adrenaline into the body. it relates to the digestive system because its need energy to work.