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What is in a kidney?

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Each kidney contains up to a million functioning units called nephrons. A nephron consists of a filtering unit of tiny blood vessels called a glomerulus attached to a tubule. When blood enters the glomerulus, it is filtered and the remaining fluid then passes along the tubule.

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Organ that help maintain fluid, pH, electrolyte balance in the body, excrete and metabolize toxins from the body, stimulate red blood cell production and support calcium balance in the bones.

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