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All about the Kidney

Anatomy. Diagram of a nephron (microscopic, cannot be seen with the naked eye). The kidneys are two bean-shaped organs, one on each side of the spineThey represent about 0.5% of the total weight of the body, but receive 2025% of the total arterial blood pumped by the heart.Each contains from

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All about the Kidney

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    1. All about the Kidney

    2. Anatomy Diagram of a nephron (microscopic, cannot be seen with the naked eye) The kidneys are two bean-shaped organs, one on each side of the spine They represent about 0.5% of the total weight of the body, but receive 20–25% of the total arterial blood pumped by the heart. Each contains from one to two million nephrons

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