Excretion is elimination of metabolic waste, which is an essential process in all organisms. In vertebrates, this is primarily carried out by the lungs...

There are several categories of diuretics. All diuretics increase the excretion of water from the body, through the kidneys. There exist several classes...

The fractional excretion of sodium (FENa) is the percentage of the sodium filtered by the kidney which is excreted in the urine. It is measured in terms...

Czerny, and Szuszkiewicz in 1988. The opposite of an accretion disk is an excretion disk where instead of material accreting from a disk on to a central object...

Albuminuria is a pathological condition wherein the protein albumin is abnormally present in the urine. It is a type of proteinuria. Albumin is a major...

under the brand name Probalan, is a medication that increases uric acid excretion in the urine. It is primarily used in treating gout and hyperuricemia...

of muscle, a mantle with a significant cavity used for breathing and excretion, the presence of a radula (except for bivalves), and the structure of...

A sebaceous gland or oil gland is a microscopic exocrine gland in the skin that opens into a hair follicle to secrete an oily or waxy matter, called sebum...

reflects the rate of drug elimination divided by plasma concentration. Excretion, on the other hand, is a measurement of the amount of a substance removed...

increased production of uric acid, decreased excretion of uric acid, or both increased production and reduced excretion. Prehyperuricemia: Prehyperuricemia (pre-HU)...

that transport bile containing conjugated bilirubin out of the liver for excretion. This is a list of conditions that can cause posthepatic jaundice: Choledocholithiasis...

abbreviation (acronym) for absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion, and is mainly used in fields such as pharmacokinetics and pharmacology...

In renal physiology, net acid excretion (NAE) is the net amount of acid excreted in the urine per unit time. Its value depends on urine flow rate, urine...

Thiamine, also known as thiamin and vitamin B1, is a vitamin, an essential micronutrient for humans and animals. It is found in food and commercially synthesized...

Mucociliary clearance (MCC), mucociliary transport, or the mucociliary escalator describes the self-clearing mechanism of the airways in the respiratory...

absorption, followed by excretion into urine as biotin. Consumption of biotin as part of a normal diet results in urinary excretion of biotin and biotin...

shifting potassium from outside to inside cells and increasing potassium excretion by the kidneys. Most industrial applications of potassium exploit the...

A frog is any member of a diverse and largely carnivorous group of short-bodied, tailless amphibians composing the order Anura (coming from the Ancient...

animals, the urine is the main route of excretion for such wastes; in some, it is the feces. Ammonotelism is the excretion of ammonia and ammonium ions. Ammonia...

Metabolism Liver (CYP2C9 and 3A4-mediated) Elimination half-life 20 hours Excretion Urine and feces equally Identifiers IUPAC name 4-Hydroxy-2-methyl-N-(...

space Formation and evolution Star formation Accretion Accretion disk Excretion disk Circumplanetary disk Circumstellar disc Circumstellar envelope Coatlicue...

concentration of solutes and amount of water in their body fluids; this involves excretion (getting rid of metabolic nitrogen wastes and other substances such as...

Erythritol (/ɪˈrɪθrɪtɒl/, US: /-tɔːl, -toʊl/) is an organic compound, the naturally occurring achiral meso four-carbon sugar alcohol (or polyol). It is...

suspected. Total riboflavin excretion in healthy adults with normal riboflavin intake is about 120 micrograms per day, while excretion of less than 40 micrograms...

in tube cells through the gap between the flame cell and tube cell for excretion. Nephron, the similar structure in vertebrates Nephridia, the excretory...

was based in part on the observation that for a typical diet, urinary excretion was approximately 2.6 mg/day, and that bioavailability of food-bound pantothenic...

occurring type of incontinence, the involuntary excretion of urine Fecal incontinence, the involuntary excretion of bowel contents Lack of moderation or self-control...

sodium reabsorption, which leads to increased water excretion by the kidneys. By regulating water excretion, mineralocorticoid receptor antagonists lower blood...

increase the risk of kidney stone formation due to increased uric acid excretion and elevated urinary oxalate levels (whereas tea, coffee, wine and beer...

Sponges or sea sponges are members of the metazoan phylum Porifera (/pəˈrɪfərəˌ pɔː-/ pər-IF-ər-ə, por-; meaning 'pore bearer'), a basal animal clade and...