Leaving Cert Notes

Notes and Anki Decks for the Leaving Cert

Breathing and Excretion - Terms and Definitions

Term Definition
Excretion The getting rid of waste products of metabolism
Homeostasis Maintaining a constant internal environment
Ectotherm Animals whose body temperature varies with the environmental temperature – do not generate their own body heat
Endotherm (An animal that) produces its (own) body heat or (body) temperatureindependent of (temperature of) environment
Reabsorption When soluble molecules return to the bloodstream again
Ureter [Tube which carries liquid] from kidney to bladder
Urethra [Tube which carries liquid] from bladder to outside