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What body organs excrete carbon dioxide and water?

The lungs excrete carbon dioxide when we breathe out, while the kidneys excrete water in the form of urine.


What excrete excess salt and water?

The salt glands excrete excess salts and water from the body. The urinary tract is also used for this purpose through the kidney.


Why animals have to excrete?

animals have to excrete to remove wastes from their body


How do kidneys water balance?

The kidneys can either re-absorb water back into the body or excrete more water outside of the body. This is regulated by hormones such as ADH and aldosterone.


Can a body excrete more water in a day than it consumes?

Yes, the body can excrete more water than it consumes in a day through processes such as urination, sweating, and breathing. This can happen, for example, during periods of increased physical activity or in hot weather.


How long does it typically take for the body to process and excrete water after drinking it?

After drinking water, the body typically processes and excretes it within about 2 to 3 hours.


Why does the body need to excrete as much water as it brings in?

Water is excreted by three routes from your body. Kidneys, skin, feces and lungs. Kidneys just can not excrete the solutes in powder form. They have to be dissolved in water. Skin can excrete lot of water in hot sunny day. May be up to one liter per hour. This water is used to keep your body cool. Feces carry some more or less water with them. That is the physical property of feces. Water loss from lungs also in inevitable. The exhaled air get saturated with water vapor due very large surface area of gaseous exchange.


What does the human body excrete?

for a more medical answer, your body excretes waste in many ways. * when you exhale, you excrete carbon dioxide * you excrete feces during a bowel movement * you excrete urea in your urine when you urinate * you excrete waste when you sweat I may be missing a few, however, I feel that this is more accurate than poo and wizz


What do the lungs excrete or remove from the body?

Lungs excrete carbon dioxide and kidneys excrete urea and other substance


How is water excreted in the body?

When you sweat, usually, is how you excrete excess water. Of course, though, when your bladders get full, urinate helps too!


What are openings in the skin for the excretion of water salts and urea?

The openings in the skin for the discharge of water, salts, and urea are called sweat pores; these are the openings of sweat organs which delivery sweat containing these substances when the body needs to chill off


What do glands excrete?

Sweat glands excrete sweat ( which is mostly salt and water).