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Kidneys also make substances to help control blood pressure and to make red blood cells.
Wednesday, October 22, 2014
Kidney Overview
Our kidneys are large bean shaped organs in our abdomen, located below the ribs. Kidneys approximate size is around 5" long and 2" thick, about the same size of our fist.
As a part of the Urinary tract, Kidneys make urine by removing extra water and wastes from our blood. About one hundred eighty liters of blood is filtered by our kidneys everyday, where about one and a half liters of urine were formed.
Urine collects in a hollow space called the renal pelvis in the middle of each kidney. Urine passes from your renal pelvis into your bladder through a long tube called a ureter. Urine leaves your bladder through a shorter tube called urethra.
Kidneys also make substances to help control blood pressure and to make red blood cells.
Kidneys also make substances to help control blood pressure and to make red blood cells.
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