The kidney's perform 6 important functions:
1. Fluid and electrolyte balance through filtration, re-absorption and secretion. An overabundance of either can be fatal.
2. Removal of waste and...
The kidneys work as underpaid and generally unappreciated yet essential inner organs, in a relationship to the host not unlike slavery. Although highly qualified in their unique speciality of blood...
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...