AP BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Which substance is lost from the body of a healthy person by the kidneys, but not by the lungs? A carbon dioxide.

Detailed explanation-2: -The body loses water primarily by excreting it in urine from the kidneys.

Detailed explanation-3: -The organs of excretion in humans include the skin, lungs and kidneys. Water is lost from the body as: urine from the kidneys.

Detailed explanation-4: -Carbon dioxide is removed from the blood int the lungs. Nitrogenous waste is removed from the blood in the kidneys.

Detailed explanation-5: -Some of the specific waste products that must be excreted from the body include carbon dioxide from cellular respiration, ammonia and urea from protein catabolism, and uric acid from nucleic acid catabolism.