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Unit 4: Excretion and Waste Management

Medical equipment used to check homeostasis

Introduction to Homeostasis and Regulation

Backgrounders

Learn about homeostasis and how the body regulates temperature, blood pressure, blood pH and blood sugar.

Human organs for transplantation

Organ Transplantation

Backgrounders

Learn about organ transplantation - what it is, how it can save lives, how your immune system responds, and how the matching process works.

Human kidney cross-section

Osmosis and Its Role in Human Biology and Health

STEM Explained

Learn how and where osmosis takes place in the digestive system and excretory system and the role of osmosis in kidney dialysis.

Suffering from a hangover

Why Do People Get Hangovers?

STEM Explained

Why does drinking too much alcohol make people feel so bad? Read about four theories.