APPLIED RADIOLOGICAL ANATOMY

Detailed explanation-1: -Healthy kidneys filter about a half cup of blood every minute, removing wastes and extra water to make urine. The urine flows from the kidneys to the bladder through two thin tubes of muscle called ureters, one on each side of your bladder.

Detailed explanation-2: -The kidney and urinary systems help the body to eliminate liquid waste called urea, and to keep chemicals, such as potassium and sodium, and water in balance. Urea is produced when foods containing protein, such as meat, poultry, and certain vegetables, are broken down in the body.

Detailed explanation-3: -The kidneys are the part of our excretory system. It plays an important role by filtering blood and removing urea, excess salt and water from the body as urine.

Detailed explanation-4: -The kidneys are powerful chemical factories that perform the following functions: remove waste products from the body. remove drugs from the body. balance the body’s fluids.

Detailed explanation-5: -Water helps the kidneys remove wastes from your blood in the form of urine. Water also helps keep your blood vessels open so that blood can travel freely to your kidneys, and deliver essential nutrients to them. But if you become dehydrated, then it is more difficult for this delivery system to work.