Glossary (Science Vocabulary) Animal excretion

ENGLISH
Ammonia

SPANISH
Amonaco

VISUAL ASOCIATION

DEFINITION
Waste product aquatic animals. excreted by

EXAMPLES

Bladder

Vejiga

Organ of the excretory system where urine is stored.

Excretion

Excrecin

Process by which waste products of the living beings are collected and expelled from the body.

Excretory system

Aparato excretor

Set of organs which collects and expels waste products from the animal body.

Kidney

Rin

Excretory organ in vertebrates which filters waste products from the blood and forms the urine.

Malpighian tubules

Tbulos de Malpigio

Insect organs which extend from the digestive tube that absorb solutes, water, and wastes from the surrounding hemolymph. The wastes then are released from the organism in the form of solid nitrogenous compounds (uric acid) mixed with feces. Waste product excreted mammals in their urine. by

Urea

Urea

Urethra

Uretra

Excretory tube that connects the bladder to the exterior and removes the urine from the body.

Ureter

Urter

Thin tube which allows the expelling of the urine from the kidneys to the bladder in vertebrates.

Uric acid

cido rico

Waste product excreted insects, birds and reptiles.

by

Urine

Orina

Waste product produced by kidneys in vertebrates.

Waste product

Producto de desecho

An unwanted substance Carbon dioxide produced during or as a result Water Ammonia of the metabolism.
Uric acid Urea