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Each kidney has millions of tiny filtration units called glomeruli. These glomeruli filter out wastes from the blood and pass them on through the ureters to the bladder, for you to pass as urine.
In addition to filtering the blood, your kidneys are also responsible for maintaining a proper balance of sodium, potassium, and phosphorus in your body. They also help your body maintain the proper amount of red blood cells. That's why people whose kidneys have failed and have to go on dialysis have to watch their intake of sodium, phosphorus, and potassium, and why many dialysis patients are anemic.
Blood entering the kidneys goes into a system of very narrow high pressure blood vessels, these allow various waste products to pass into the ureters, which lead to the bladder.
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∙ 11y ago
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∙ 11y agoThe kidneys function is to filter urea and excess water from your blood. However the kidneys only REALLY return water back to your blood if you are dehydrated. The urea that is filtered out of the blood is a weakened form of ammonia, which the body produces as a bi product during cellular respiration.
Part of the kidneys job is to "pull" fluids from body systems, including the intestines. When the kidneys are impaired, too much fluid is left in the intestines, which can result in diarrhea. When a person is dehydrated, the kidneys' normal work with the intestines can result in too little fluid left in the intestines, resulting in constipation.
This answer would require too much detail because other factors affect both the kidneys and digestive and excretory systems. For example, how the kidneys handle sodium, plus how much extra sodium a person consumes, also affects fluid shifts between the systems.
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∙ 11y agoa filtering unit to remove unwanted waste materials such as minerals and excess water from the blood.
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∙ 12y agoKidneys remove waste products from the blood and regulates water fluid levels.
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∙ 11y agothey are filtering units that remove unwanted waste, minerals and excess water from the blood.
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Does the liver work with the heart?
well the blood is pumped from the heart to the kidney so the kidney cleans it therefore a heart can work with the kidney
Is Coriander juice work on kidney's?
no
How does transplantation kidney work?
in health
Can a person live with one kidney?
Yes. Because if one kidney is removed because of a disease, the other kidney can perform the work of two.
Can person live with one kidney?
Yes. Because if one kidney is removed because of a disease, the other kidney can perform the work of two.
What organ does the kidney work with?
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Does uriflow work against kidney stones?
NO
Why would you need to get a kidney transplant?
If a kidney does not work properly, some patients are put on dialysis, a machine that will do the work of the kidneys - filtering germs and other things from the body. Other times, people receive a kidney transplant. This is when the kidney of someone else is put into your body to work for you.
If your kidney doesn't function can you get a kidney stone?
If your kidneys don't work, you get very ill, very quickly. Kidney stones are irrelevant in this connection. I have kidney failure and one of the first things that happened to me was I got kidney stones. I don't know if this is typical of kidney failure.
Is a nephron a molecule?
A Nephron is the basic structural and functional unit of the kidney. It's not a molecule, more likely a small portion of the kidney that helps the kidney work.
Do both kidney work in alive body?
unless they are dead
Why can dialysis work on blood far away from the kidney?
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