The kidneys are being like shaped organs on each side of the
spinal column the kidneys maintain the proper balance of water and minerals in
the body and regulate blood pressure in addition the kidneys continuously
filter and cleanse the blood waste products are then expelled in the urine each
kidney receives blood through a branch of the aorta called the renal artery this blood is then filtered through nephrons to produce urine
there are about 1 million nephrons
in each kidney each nephron contains a small tangle of porous blood vessels
called a glomerulus fluid that is to become urine leaks out of these blood vessels
into a thin bowl shaped structure called the Bauman capsule the glomeruli are
located in the outer part of the kidney or the cortex from here urine drains
into tubules in the inner layer of the kidney called the medulla and then into the collecting ducts urine drains through the
ureter the tubes connecting each kidney to the bladder and then through the
urethra the tube that leads outside of the body the kidneys and urinary tract
can be affected by many different disorders stones are hard masses usually composed of calcium that begin to
form in the kidney and may enlarge throughout the urinary tract causing pain
bleeding or an infection and are more common in older adults and men.
Human Kidney Diagram
 |
| Kidney |
Comments
Post a Comment