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Osmoregulation and Excretion
How Kidneys Filter Blood and Make Urine
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The kidneys are two bean-shaped organs in the upper abdomen that filter blood and help keep water and electrolytes in balance. They receive blood from the heart through the renal arteries, and they send filtered blood away through the renal veins.
The renal arteries enter the kidney at the hilum,...
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The kidneys are two bean shaped organs located under the diaphragm. They are responsible for osmoregulation, the balancing of water and solutes in blood.
Blood enters the kidneys through the renal artery at at the hilum, the concave side, and flows into smaller arterial branches and capillaries until it enters the nephrons.
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