EXCRETORY SYSTEM
KIDNEY
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You can have one kidney and manage just fine.
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You absolutely need both kidneys to live.
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You can manage without both kidneys.
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It depends on the condition of your body.
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Detailed explanation-1: -However, the loss in kidney function is usually very mild, and life span is normal. Most people with one kidney live healthy, normal lives with few problems. In other words, one healthy kidney can work as well as two.
Detailed explanation-2: -Only one kidney is enough for a normal and active life for a lifetime. In most of the cases of patients born with just one kidney, the diagnosis of single kidney is made accidentally while performing radiological tests for entirely different reasons.
Detailed explanation-3: -If you have both kidneys completely removed, you will not make any urine. You will need to have kidney dialysis. This is a way of getting rid of waste products and excess water that the kidneys normally filter out of your blood. Dialysis means you can lead a more or less normal life without a working kidney.
Detailed explanation-4: -They help your bones stay healthy, tell your body when to make new blood cells, and even help you stay upright when you’re walking around all day by taking care of your blood pressure. With all those important functions, scientist think having two kidneys must be important for our survival.
Detailed explanation-5: -There are two kidneys, each about the size of a fist, located on either side of the spine at the lowest level of the rib cage. 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.