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Human Kidney

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Human Kidney

A bean-shaped filter that cleans your entire blood supply 40 times daily/The Human Body

Each kidney contains about one million tiny filtering units called nephrons. Together, the kidneys filter roughly 180 litres of blood per day, producing about 1.5 litres of urine. They also regulate blood pressure, electrolyte balance, and red blood cell production.

Measurements

Length1.2 tenths m
40Sesame seeds
1.3 tenthsTennis nets
4.8Postage stamp widths
Width6 hundredths m
3.3 hundredthsStep ladder heights
40Ant antennae
Thickness3 hundredths m
3.3 hundredthsWindow widths
1.4 hundredthsMotorcycle lengths
8.7 hundredthsOscar statuettes
Mass (single)1.5 tenths kg
18.8 millionthsYachts
1.4 sextillionHemoglobin molecule weights
2.1 thousandthsAverage adults
Filtration surface area1.5 m^2
375 trillionthsRhode Islands
23.1License plates

Per kidney

Ureter length2.5 tenths m
5 hundredthsBalance beam lengths
7.6 hundredthsHammock lengths
1.4 tenthsPicnic table lengths
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