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Ectotherm - ✔✔an animal whose body temperature varies with the temperature of its surroundings
control body temp with behavioral changes
"cold-blooded"
endotherm - ✔✔An organism that is internally warmed by a heat-generating metabolic process
stable body temp
"warm-blooded"
water balance - ✔✔homeostasis of water levels
Osmoregulators - ✔✔actively work to maintain water balance
marine vertebrates
get water by drinking
reabsorb lots of water from urine
Osmoconformers - ✔✔do not work to maintain water balance
, passive osmosis maintains water
marine invertebrates
urine and feces definition - ✔✔feces- indigestible waste
urine- nitrogenous waste
ammonia - ✔✔aquatic animal urine
urea - ✔✔mammal, amphibians, and sharks urine
uric acid - ✔✔bird, insects, and reptiles urine
what does a nephron do - ✔✔filters waste out of blood, forming filtrate
reabsorbs useful molecules from the filtrate
secretes waste molecules into filtrate
filtrate - ✔✔liquid that has been filtered by the nephron
Bowman's capsule function - ✔✔filtration
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proximal tubule function - ✔✔reabsorption
water
electrolytes