11-14 cm in length, 6 cm wide and 4 cm thick.
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
Ureters carry urine form the kidney to the bladder (one from each kidney).
Each kidney has a renal lobe consisting of a renal pyramid with the renal cortex above it.
There are about 1 million nephrons in a kidney. Most humans have 2 kidneys.
Each kidney contains approximately 500,000 glomeruli
The renal capsule, a fibrous covering, fits over the concave surface of each 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.
nephron, each kidney has atleast 1 million
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 * =)
It is likely you will be in pain as long as you have the kidney stone.
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.
There are far too many people that get kidney cancer each year. The number is in the hundreds around the world.