- Kidney Disease: Causes, Symptoms, Treatment, and Prevention - WebMD
Kidney disease can affect your body’s ability to clean your blood, filter extra water out of your blood, and help control your blood pressure
- Kidney - Wikipedia
Each kidney is attached to a ureter, a tube that carries excreted urine to the bladder The kidney participates in the control of the volume of various body fluids, fluid osmolality, acid-base balance, various electrolyte concentrations, and removal of toxins
- Your Kidneys How They Work - NIDDK
In the nephron, your blood is filtered by the tiny blood vessels of the glomeruli and then flows out of your kidney through the renal vein Your blood circulates through your kidneys many times a day
- Kidneys: Location, function, anatomy, pictures, and related diseases
Where are the kidneys located, what do they do, and what do they look like? The kidneys help remove waste products from the body, maintain balanced electrolyte levels, and regulate blood
- Kidney: Function and Anatomy, Diagram, Conditions, and Health Tips
The kidneys are two bean-shaped organs in the renal system They help the body pass waste as urine They also help filter blood before sending it back to the heart The kidneys perform many
- Kidneys - Kidney and Urinary Tract Disorders - Merck Manual Consumer . . .
The kidneys are bean-shaped organs that figure prominently in the urinary tract Each is about 4 to 5 inches (12 centimeters) long and weighs about one third of a pound (150 grams) One lies on each side of the spinal column, just behind the abdominal cavity, which contains the digestive organs
- Facts about your kidneys - Kidney Care UK
Did you know? Your blood goes through your kidneys many times each day Working together, your two kidneys filter around 200 litres of fluid (that’s 351 pints!) every 24 hours Each kidney gets rid of 1-1 5 litres of urine every day
- Kidney Resource Center - Washington University in St. Louis
Kidneys connect to the blood supply with an artery and a vein They are also connected to the bladder by a tube called a ureter The ureter carries the urine from the kidneys to the bladder and then out of the body The kidneys are made up of a million tiny working units called nephrons
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