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11-14 cm in length, 6 cm wide and 4 cm thick.
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What part of the urinary system is the entrance of blood into the kidney?
Two blood vessels enter and leave each kidney. The renal artery enters each kidney and the renal vein exits each kidney for more information see entrancei.com
What is the function of ureter (from the kidney)?
Ureters carry urine form the kidney to the bladder (one from each kidney).
Kidney has how many glomerulus?
Each kidney contains approximately 500,000 glomeruli
How many lobes are in each kidney?
Each kidney has a renal lobe consisting of a renal pyramid with the renal cortex above it.
How many nephrons in each kidney?
There are about 1 million nephrons in a kidney. Most humans have 2 kidneys.
How can donate your kidney?
donating a kidney is when someone needs a kidney and you participate to go to surgery to remove you're kidney to give to the person in need. and you are left with one kidney but you will still live.
What microscopic part of the kidney accomplishes its function?
nephron, each kidney has atleast 1 million
What is the length of the human kidneys?
In a normal human adult, each kidney is about 10 cm long, 5.5 cm in width and about 3 cm thick, weighing 150 grams. Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kidney * =)
In each kidney there are nephrons?
Yes, many in each kidney. Nephrons are the functional unit of the kidney where filtration of the blood contents occurs and urine is produced - and its degree of concentration is determined. Various hormones and sympathetic stimulants act on the kidney to regulate these processes.
When you have a surgery to remove a kidney stone will I be in pain?
It is likely you will be in pain as long as you have the kidney stone.
What is the physiology of vesicoureteral reflux?
The normal flow of urine begins in the collecting system of each kidney. Urine then flows out of each kidney and into a tube called the ureter.
How many people get kidney cancer each year?
There are far too many people that get kidney cancer each year. The number is in the hundreds around the world.
