an artificial kidney machine filters out wastes and toxins from a patient’s blood
Dialysis
Kidneys filter blood in a two-step process:
Filtration and reabsorption
Which waste product is found in urine?
urea
How many liters of blood flow through your kidneys in two hour?
15
the inner region of the kidney is called
medulla
Which process happens in kidney that returns glucose to the blood?
reabsorption
crystallized solid, such as calcium compounds, that forms in the kidney, what is it ?
Kidney stones
How many nephrons exist in our body ?
2 million
is the surgical placement of a healthy kidney from another person, called a donor, into the patient’s body.
Kidney transplant
Which structure of the kidney link the kidney to the urinary bladder?
Ureter