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• I INTRODUCTION
• Excretion rids body waste substances,
particularly end products of metabolism.
• Several organs assist in the excretory
process but the kidneys which are a part of
the urinary systemare the primry organs of
excretion.
EXCRETORY SYSTEM contd.
• Urine is formed by more than one million
nephrons in each kidney which not only
serves to rid the body of nitrogenous
wastes, but also to regulate the water
content, the salt levels, and the pH of the
blood.