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Getting Rid of Waste
Pollution control
Your liver gets rid of waste by a process called detoxification. It ...
Stony kidneys
If your kidneys do not get enough liquid passing through them, the ...
Amazing But True
About 150 litres (33 gallons) of fluid pass through your kidneys ...
Baggy bladder
Your bladder is like a muscular bag which stretches as it fills up ...
Free flow
Until you are about two years old, you pass urine as a reflex action. ...
Kind kidneys
Your two kidneys clean your blood and get rid of wastes. They contain ...
Solid extras
During digestion, solid wastes from your food pass through your large ...
Useful urine
About 96% of urine is water. It also contains some waste salts and a ...
DID YOU KNOW?
When you breathe out, you get rid of water and carbon dioxide. Plants ...
Body wastes
Digestion, respiration and the chemical processes happening inside ...