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English translation: lower extremities
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| 4 | Urinary secreation |
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Urinary secreation Explanation: excretion, process of eliminating from an organism waste products of metabolism and other materials that are of no use. It is an essential process in all forms of life. In one-celled organisms wastes are discharged through the surface of the cell. The higher plants eliminate gases through the stomata, or pores, on the leaf surface. Multicellular animals have special excretory organs. In humans the main organs of excretion are the kidneys and accessory urinary organs, through which urine is eliminated (see urinary system urinary system, group of organs of the body concerned with excretion of urine, that is, water and the waste products of metabolism. In humans, the kidneys are two small organs situated near the vertebral column at the small of the back, the left lying somewhat higher ..... Click the link for more information. ), and the large intestines intestine, muscular hoselike portion of the gastrointestinal tract extending from the lower end of the stomach (pylorus) to the anal opening. In humans this fairly narrow (about 1 in./2. ..... Click the link for more information. , from which solid wastes are expelled. The skin and lungs also have excretory functions: The skin eliminates water and salt in sweat sweat or perspiration, fluid secreted by the sweat glands of mammalian skin and containing water, salts, and waste products of body metabolism such as urea. ..... Click the link for more information. , and the lungs expel water vapor and carbon dioxide. Example sentence(s):
Reference: http://books.google.no/books?id=hghs1uI2rg8C&pg=PA302&lpg=PA... |
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lower extremities Explanation: I'm pretty sure that this abbreviation means underekstremitet. |
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