Kidneys

The waste products of metabolism are removed from your blood. Urea and creatinine is too toxic for your brain. They are removed from your blood by your kidneys. The extra water and sodium as well as potassium and other salts are removed by your kidneys. The drug metabolites are also removed by your kidneys. The urine becomes acidic or alkaline to preserve the pH of your body.

They have a National Marrow Donor registry that can help you find out if you are capable of being a donor. There is a list of qualifications you must pass to be considered a donor. If you qualify, they can send a simple test kit to your home that you mail back with a saliva sample.

Nephrolysis is the procedure for freeing a kidney from adhesions.

After having a rather large kidney stone removed (7mm) I can answer this question for you. A kidney stint is a tube surgically implanted in the tract of your kidney to prevent swelling from closing off the tract resulting in major problems.

cortex, medulla, and pelvis.
The substance, or parenchyma, of the kidney is divided into two major structures: superficial is the renal cortex and deep is the renal medulla.
cortex and medulla
Cortex, medulla, and pelvis.

To increase your glomerular filtration rate, blood flow needs to be increased to the kidneys and the impaired kidneys function restored. The glomerular filtration rate, of GFR, measures how much blood passes through the glomeruli into the kidneys each minute.

Are you the person the kidney is being transplanted into or the person who is considering donating the kidney?

Either way, the answer is yes:

If you are the person donating the kidney, the greatest risk is during the actual surgery, probably from complications due to anesthesia or bleeding during and after the surgery. While anesthesia is very safe, sometimes problems do occur. Bleeding during and after surgery can be anticipated if you have prior bleeding problems, like hemophilia.

If you are the person receiving the kidney, your risks of dying are multiplied. First of all, you may be quite sick to need a transplant. Secondly, the surgeons are placing foreign tissues into your body - there is a risk of anaphylactic reaction to the foreign tissue. Thirdly, you will be taking immunosuppresant medications for as long as the donated kidney is functioning, which makes you more likely to get infections, which sometimes can be serious. The medications you take also have side-effects which may result in further medical problems or concerns. Also, There is also the ever-present concern for transmission of infection, such as hepatitis, HIV, or other bacterial or viral infections. Finally, organ rejection may make the transplanted kidney useless to you, necessitating the need for dialysis. However, physicians often are able to reverse rejection episodes and they are seldom fatal.

I am in no way trying to discourage anyone from donating or receiving donated organs. I myself have listed myself as an organ donor, as well as a bone marrow donor. Donors and recipients are very well screened and matched, and side-effects of medications as well as transplant status are watched very closely. Today's immunosuppressive medications are often well tolerated. Transplant recipients who participate in their health, eat a balanced diet, and exercise tolerate the medications well and report minimal side effects. Transplant centers now report recipients of a perfectly matched kidney may receive 20 - 25 years of function from the graft with non-perfectly matched kidneys lasting 10 - 15 years. Donors often report feelings of great satisfaction with the donation experience because they have helped to improve another person's quality of life. For additional information, visit the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) at www.unos.org or the National Kidney Foundation at www.kidney.org, or the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases at www2.niddk.nih.gov

As always, discuss this with your transplant surgeon to determine what is right for you.

J. DeLaughter, DO T. McDermott, kidney transplant recipient, 2008

The renal medulla is composed mostly of collecting ducts and the nephron loops. You will not see any glomeruli in the medulla, as they are confined to the cortex. This makes the renal cortex and renal medulla easily distinguishable.

Yes! They need kidneys for releasing carbon dioxide and ammonia from the foods they eat and the merky water they swallow.

the three main portions of the renal tubule are the proximal convoluted tubule, the loop of henle, and the distal convoluted tubule. the proximal convoluted tubule is the first portion. The proximal (convulated) tubule.

the cortex

A hypodense area simply means the area is "less dense" than surrounding structures. This can be a cyst or any number of things.

They are both in the excretory system...the kidney cleans the liquid waste and the urinary bladder holds it

In order to survive without your kidneys you will need to be on dialysis. A dialysis machine is a device that you hook yourself up to usually 3 days a week and it cleanses the blood. My uncle was on dialysis for over 15 years.

Kidneys are necessary as they: maintain the balance between salt and water (which helps to regulate blood pressure); regulate the body's acidity (acids versus bases - pH level); filter blood by removing wastes and diverting them to the urinary bladder; and produce numerous hormones that help to manage the body in other ways (including regulating calcium in the blood, red blood cell production, and overall blood pressure).

Thus, their primary function is to keep blood healthy.

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A left kidney with mild pelvocaliectasis means that the kidney has a dilated renal pelvis as well as calyces. This can be see through an ultrasound and it curable.

People who lose a kidney due to trauma, disease or donation appear to do just fine so it seems that you truly have two in order to give you a spare. The kidneys are easily injured in traumatically (falls) and due to illnesses such as stones and infections and their function is vital to life so having two on opposite sides of the body provides a safety net.
The general design of the human body is one of bilateral symmetry; the body has a left side and a right side which are largely similar. There is only one brain, but the brain does have two hemispheres. There are two lungs, two arms, two legs, two eyes and two ears, and two kidneys. Having two of a given body part creates a backup system. So, you can lose a kidney and still survive.

amino acids,minerals,potassium and nitrogenous waste.

Feline leukemia virus (often abbreviated as FeLV) is a viral infection of cats that results in the development of leukemia, a cancer of white blood cells.

Symptoms of feline leukemia include losing weight without losing appetite, increased frequency of illness and longer time to clear an infection. Lymph nodes may also become enlarged.

Kidney failure is an acute stage, and can often be a secondary complication to another condition or situation, such as from a reaction to medication or from dehydration. Chronic kidney disease is a chronic illness. Acute kidney failure has a good chance of being 100% reversible if caught early. Chronic kidney disease is manageable with dialysis, but is not reversible.

The kidney is a part of the Urinary System. It is not part of the Circulatory System

Nephron is the basic structural and functional unit of the kidney.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nephron

It is composed of a renal corpuscle and a renal tubule.

The renal corpuscle consists of a glomerulus and the Bowman's capsule. It is the nephron's initial filtering component.

The components of the renal tubule are the proximal convoluted tubule, loop of Henle and the distal convoluted tubule.

The size of normal kidneys after maturity is a length of about 12cm, breadth of about 6cm and thickness of about 3cm. When one kidney is removed, the remaining kidney enlarges to compensate for the functional absence of the first.