Bean Shaped Kidneys

The kidneys are bean-shaped organs in our bodies vertebrates,
they are part of the urinary system The kidneys are responsible
for filtering wastes like urea from the blood system Once the
Kidney has filtered out the waste it excretes them, along with
water, as urine
A Humans kidneys are two organs which can be found in the
posterior part of the abdomen There is one kidney on each side
of the spine located just below the liver Beside each kidney is
what is called an adrenal gland which can also be be called a
suprarenal gland Behind the lining of the abdominal cavity is
where kidneys located This corrolates to approximately T12 to
L3 at the vertebral level In orderd to accomodate the left
liver, the right kidney usually lies just a bit lower than the
left
A average size kidney in a human adult is approximately 115 cm
in length and about 45 cm depth It isn’t unreasonable for a
kidney to weigh up to 160 grams Kidneys have adopted the name,
the “bean-shaped” organ, due to their concave sides facing
inwards On these concave sides to each kidney is an opening,
which is called the Hilus The Hilus admits to the renal artery,
the renal vein, nerves, and the ureter
Because of the Kidney’s resonsibility for filtering out waste in
the human body there are lots of infections and different
diseases that can start to take them over Some of the common
diseases include Kidney Stones, Cancer in the Kidney And often
times these different infections can cause the entire kidney to
fail

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