Our kidneys do a tremendous amount of work. Every day, they filter about 150 quarts of blood, cleaning it of waste, toxins and extra water. They regulate how much fluid is in the body and balance our ...
Your body is constantly performing a delicate balancing act that most of us never think about. While we’re busy worrying about calories and carbs, a microscopic chemistry experiment determines how ...
Your kidneys do this automatically by passing your blood through millions of filtering units called nephrons, which have two main parts: the glomerulus and the tubule. The glomerulus is made up of ...
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