Last Updated: Apr 07, 2023
Two bean-shaped organs, the kidneys are each roughly the size of a fist. One is on either side of your spine, directly below the rib cage. Around half a cup of blood is filtered by healthy kidneys every minute, with the extra water and waste products exiting the body via urine.
Two skinny muscle tubes known as ureters, one on either side of your bladder, carry urine from your kidneys to the bladder. Your bladder collects and stores your urine. The kidneys, ureters, and bladder make up the urinary tract.
Kidney is the most important organ for regulation of metabolic waste material and PH balance of our blood. it constitutes of various parts each of which performs a specific function consisting of corpuscles, tubules, pyramid, collecting ducts ,calyces etc
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