Module 8 Intro

Module 8—Circulation, Immunity, and Excretion

Lesson 7—Structures and Functions of the Excretory System

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Sometimes you just have to go to the washroom. Your body has devised a complex filtering system to clean your blood of metabolic wastes. Similarly, water treatment plants will filter wastes from water through a series of filtration processes. As a result, there is a waste product that has to be disposed. How is the human body designed to rid itself of metabolic wastes dissolved in blood?

In this lesson you will explore the following questions:

• What are the principal structures of the excretory system, and how do they function?

• How do nephrons contribute to the function of the excretory system?

Module 8: Lesson 7 Assignment 

Your teacher-marked Module 8: Lesson 7 Assignment requires you to submit a response to the following:

• TR 1. Investigation 9.A: Identifying Structures of the Excretory System

You can access your Module 8: Lesson 7 Assignment. You can print off the assignment or save the download to your computer. Your answers can be saved on this document to your course folder.

You must decide what to do with the questions that are not marked by the teacher.

Remember that these questions provide you with the practice and feedback that you need to successfully complete this course. You should respond to all the questions and place those answers in your course folder.

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