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The kidneys filter the blood of contaminants and of foreign substances that cause damage to the body.

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What organ is filtered with blood?

the kidney filter blood


Blood is filtered by which lymph organ in the adult?

Blood is filtered by the spleen in the adult lymphatic system. The spleen helps to remove old or damaged red blood cells, store blood, and produce white blood cells for the immune response.


Blood is filtered by the?

Blood is filtered by the kidneys.


Blood is filtered by which organ?

The nephrons filter blood through the body and get rid of the waste which exits the body. The liver also filters blood other than the kidney.


Is the nephron the main organ of the urinary system?

No, a nephron is not an organ. It is the basic structural and functional unit of the kidney and filters excess salt and water from the blood. The kidney is the main organ of the urinary system. Without a kidney, your body cannot create urine and you blood must be filtered with a dialysis machine.


When blood is filtered what is produced?

When blood is filtered in the kidneys, urine is produced. Urine is a liquid waste product that contains water, salts, and waste products filtered from the blood by the kidneys.


How is blood filtered in kidneys?

Blood gets filtered because of the Nephrons, which are tiny little blood capillaries inside the kidneys.


Blood is filtered by what?

The kidneys


Why does blood have to be filtered?

The kidney does not get filtered. It does the filtering of the blood that passes through it. It removes impurities from the blood, and filters these impurities to the urinary bladder. The filtered blood is sent back into the body to be recirculated. And the impurities are expelled from the body in the urine.


What is never filtered from blood?

all the components of blood get to the kidney to be filtered..however: red blood cells, and platelets are the only parts of blood that are not filtered. there have been cases of glucose being filtered (inn diabetics). Things filtered include, plasma (water), urine, salts, protein and foreign bodies!


What would happen if the blood is not filtered?

If urine wasn't filtered in the kidney, the particles in the urine would cause your genitals to explode.


In which layer of the kidney is blood filtered?

Blood is filtered in the glomerulus, which is part of the renal corpuscle located in the renal cortex of the kidney. The glomerulus is a cluster of tiny blood vessels where waste products and excess substances are filtered out of the blood to form urine.