Biology GCSE
Homeostasis and kidney function
What Homeostasis and kidney function means in Biology GCSE, as defined for AQA.
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The kidneys help maintain the water balance of body fluids by adjusting water loss in urine.
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- Ammonia
- Composition of blood plasma and urine
- Consequences of imbalance
- Data interpretation from tables and bar charts
- Deamination
- Effector
- excretion
- Excretion and homeostasis
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