How amazing are the Kidneys | Dr P S Vali | AINU
How amazing are the Kidneys..! The human body is a cluster of wonderful organ systems. One of the complex yet amazing organ systems among these organs is the Kidneys. They are the flag bearers of the Blood purification system. Each Kidney = One million tiny Nephrons Humans are blessed with two kidneys. Even though kidneys do weigh less than 0.5 % of the total body weight, they utilise around 25 % of the blood pumped by the Heart. The functional unit of the kidney is the “Nephron”. Each kidney contains around one Million Nephrons. These nephrons are similar to the Chip of a computer. Therefore, both kidneys contain around two million such nephrons, which carry out the task of blood purification. If the nephrons in both the kidneys are retrieved and arranged hypothetically end to end, they stretch to a distance of around sixteen kilometres! Blood is filtered 400 times in a Day Kidneys are the mighty organs which filter the...