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Function: To remove wastes from the body
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Digestive Organs Large Intestine: It reabsorbs water from indigestable food and then expels it from the body as feces Liver: Filters toxins like ammonia
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Respiratory Organs The lungs remove carbon dioxide from the body when you exhale Oxygen and carbon dioxide are exchanged between the alveoli and the capillaries that surround them.
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Skin Small amounts of antibodies, urea, ammonia, lactic acid, and vitamin C are removed through sweating Salt (sodium chloride NaCl) is lost when you sweat Sweat is 99% water and comes from blood plasma filtration
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Urinary System The kidneys filter the blood and remove nitrogen-containing metabolic wastes, toxins and drugs and expel them in urine. They also maintain the proper balance between water and salts, and between acids and bases.
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