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Carbon Dioxide and Hydrogen Carbonate Ions

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Excretion. a) excretion is the removal or metabolic waste from the body. Metabolic waste consists of waste substances that may be toxic or are produced n excess by reactions inside cells. b) Explain the importance of removing metabolic wastes, including carbon dioxide and nitrogenous waste, from the body. The are many substances that need to be excreted - almost any cell product that is formed in excess by the chemical process occurring in the cells must be excreted. However there are two products that are produced in very large amounts. Carbon dioxide from respiration. Nitrogen containing compounds such as urea. Where are these substances produced. Carbon dioxide is produced by every living cell in the body as a result of …show more content…

As blood flows along the sinusoid, in very close contact with liver cells. - able to remove molecules from the blood and pass molecules into the blood. Liver cells. Hepatocytes - simple cubical shape with many microvillus on their surface. Carry out many metabolic reactions - protein synthesis, transformation and storage of carbohydrates, synthesis of cholesterol and bile salts, detoxification Cytoplasm is very dense and is specialised in the amount of certain organelles it contains. Kupffer cells - specialised macrophages. Move about within sinusoids, involved in breaking down and recycling of old RBC. Haemoglobin - one product of breakdown is bilirubin, which is excreted as part of bile. d) outline the formation of urea in the liver. Urea is an excretory product formed by the break down of excess amino acids. The ornithin cycle - process in which ammonia is converted into urea. It occurs partly in the cytosol and partly in the mitochondria, as ATP is used. Formation of urea Excess amino acids cannot be stored - anime group makes them toxic Amino acid contain energy - undergoes deamination and ornithin cycle in the liver Amino acid à ammonia à urea + keto acid. Deamination. Produces ammonia - soluble and toxic. Ammonia must no be allowed to accumulate. It produces an inorganic compound called a keto acid, which can enter respiration directly to release energy. The ornithine

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