Excretory System

Muhtasari

A stockman in Ilorin glances at the colour of a bull's urine before he checks anything else that morning: pale and free flowing means all is well, dark and scanty is an early warning. That quick habit rests on the excretory system, the kidneys, ureters, bladder and urethra that filter the blood and carry away what the body no longer needs.

In this lesson you will learn the four parts of the excretory system in the order urine actually travels, what the kidney does to blood as it passes through, and how urine is formed in three plain steps. You will also learn to tell urine and faeces apart properly, a distinction WAEC candidates lose marks on every year, and see why urine and dung together make manure one of the farmer's most valuable free resources.

Malengo

  1. Define excretion
  2. Identify the parts of the excretory system
  3. State the functions of the kidney
  4. Explain the process of urine formation
  5. State the excretory products of a farm animal

Maelezo ya Somo

Every cell in a farm animal's body burns food for energy, leaving behind waste, chiefly nitrogen from digesting protein. Left in the blood, that waste would poison the animal. Excretion is the removal of this waste, and the job belongs chiefly to the excretory system. A stockman who understands it can read an animal's urine the way a mechanic reads an oil gauge.

Tathmini ya Somo

Hongera kwa kukamilisha somo la Excretory System. Sasa kwa kuwa umechunguza dhana na mawazo muhimu, ni wakati wa kuweka ujuzi wako kwa mtihani. Sehemu hii inatoa mazoezi mbalimbali maswali yaliyoundwa ili kuimarisha uelewaji wako na kukusaidia kupima ufahamu wako wa nyenzo.

Utakutana na mchanganyiko wa aina mbalimbali za maswali, ikiwemo maswali ya kuchagua jibu sahihi, maswali ya majibu mafupi, na maswali ya insha. Kila swali limebuniwa kwa umakini ili kupima vipengele tofauti vya maarifa yako na ujuzi wa kufikiri kwa makini.

Tumia sehemu hii ya tathmini kama fursa ya kuimarisha uelewa wako wa mada na kubaini maeneo yoyote ambapo unaweza kuhitaji kusoma zaidi. Usikatishwe tamaa na changamoto zozote utakazokutana nazo; badala yake, zitazame kama fursa za kukua na kuboresha.

  1. Which of the following correctly gives the order in which urine passes through the excretory system? A. Bladder, ureter, kidney, urethra B. Kidney, ureter, bladder, urethra C. Kidney, bladder, ureter, urethra D. Ureter, kidney, urethra, bladder Answer: B
  2. The main nitrogenous waste product removed from the blood by the kidney is: A. Glucose B. Urea C. Water D. Carbon dioxide Answer: B
  3. The process by which useful substances filtered out of the blood are taken back into the blood in the kidney tubule is called: A. Filtration B. Egestion C. Reabsorption D. Excretion Answer: C
  4. Which of the following is correct about faeces? A. It is filtered from the blood by the kidney B. It is formed by excretion C. It is undigested food residue removed by egestion D. It leaves the body through the urethra Answer: C
  5. A farm animal producing scanty, dark urine on a hot day is most likely: A. Overfed B. Dehydrated C. Suffering from worms D. Constipated Answer: B