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The elimination by an organism of the waste products that arise as a result of metabolic activity. These products include water, carbon dioxide (CO2), and nitrogenous compounds. The expulsion of feces from the rectum. Any biological process, occurring at the level of a multicellular organism, pertinent to its function. A multicellular organismal process carried out by any of the organs or tissues in an organ system. An organ system is a regularly interacting or interdependent group of organs or tissues that work together to carry out a biological objective. The process of renal water excretion. The process of renal sodium excretion. The directed movement of substances (such as macromolecules, small molecules, ions) into, out of, within or between cells, or within a multicellular organism by means of some external agent such as a transporter or pore. Any process that modulates the frequency, rate, or extent of excretion, the elimination by an organism of the waste products that arise as a result of metabolic activity. The regulation of body fluids process by which parasympathetic nerves stimulate the bladder wall muscle to contract and expel urine from the body. The controlled release of a substance by a cell, a group of cells, or a tissue.

View Gene Ontology (GO) Term

GO TERM SUMMARY
Name: excretion
Acc: GO:0007588
Aspect: Biological Process
Desc: The elimination by an organism of the waste products that arise as a result of metabolic activity. These products include water, carbon dioxide (CO2), and nitrogenous compounds.
Proteins in PDR annotated with:
   This term: 19 [Search]
   Term or descendants: 112 [Search]


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INTERACTIVE GO GRAPH

GO:0007588 - excretion (interactive image map)
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