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The Excretory System Mr. Harpers science mini lesson with audio How your kidneys clean your blood

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v cellular waste cell Our bodies are made up of many different types of living cells.

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v There are many billions of cells in our bodies. One cell is too small to see without a microscope. cellular waste cell

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v Like all living things, our cells make waste (go to the toilet). cellular waste cell

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Blood in the capillary cell Bloodflow in capillary cell Cellular waste cell Cellular waste capillary Cells must get rid of their waste or they will die. Cells get rid of their waste by dumping it into the blood. Every cell lives next to a tiny blood vessel (capillary).

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v v kidneys Blood carries the waste away to the kidneys where the blood is filtered and cleaned.

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The kidneys remove the cellular waste from your blood.

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Blood flows through the kidneys where the waste is filtered out. Urine flows to the bladder

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The cellular waste products are sent from the kidneys as urine (a yellow liquid) in tubes called jjjjjjjjjjjjureters, or urine tubes.

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The ureters take urine to a bag-like muscle called the bladder where it is stored until we go to the bathroom.

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Every fifth grader should know that the kidneys clean the blood (remove the cellular waste).

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Every fifth grader should know that the bladder stores urine until we let it out in the toilet.

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Every fifth grader should know the kidneys are the main organs in the excretory system, which is sometimes called the urinary system. excretory system

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The excretory system removes cellular waste from the body. Its often called the urinary system because urine is how the waste leaves the body.

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Now lets see how much of the information you remembered.

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Lets review: What are the most important organs in the excretory system?

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Lets review: The kidneys are the most important organs in the excretory system.

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Lets review: What is the function (job) of the kidneys?

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Lets review: Kidneys remove cellular waste from the blood ( clean the blood ).

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Lets review: What happens to the waste after the kidneys remove it from the blood?

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Lets review: Cellular waste goes as urine to the bladder then into the toilet.

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You can learn more from this Brainpop cartoon: The Urinary System