Human kidney interesting facts

The best analogy for kidneys is an update on your smarphone. Every once in a while, Apple (or Android) want you to update your phone with new features.

It resets your phone, basically giving your phone new life. Same for kidneys.

They clean your blood and keep your body chemically balanced through its filtration system.
the worst part about kidneys? You can't pee without them! Well, you could pee, but it would be harder to pee since kidneys are your filtration system.

And did you know you don't need both kidneys to live?
Here are 20 interesting facts about your kidneys!

1. Kidneys love their blood flow. They reabsorb and redistribute 99% of the blood bolume thoughout the body, leaving the 1% of the filtered blood to become urine.

2. Because they love the flow or blood, kidneys have a higher blood flow compared to the brain and liver.

3. About 25% of all blood from the heart goes into the kidneys.

4. A baby's kidney is huge compared to its body weight. Even though it weighs less than an ounce (28 grame), an average baby weighs 7.d pounds, or 120 ounces (3.4 kilograms).

5. An adult's kidney weghs about 5 ounces (142 grams ) and is the size of a fist.

6. Make sure yo hydrate: the most common cause of kidney stones is not driking enough liquids, especially water. Drink yp! Your kidneys will thank you later.

7. The largest kidneys stone ever recorded was the size of a coconut. It weighed a whopping 2.5 pounds (1.1 kilograms)

8. The right kidney is usually smaller and placed lower in the body than the left kidney. right kidneysits under the liver, the body's largest internal organ, which explains why it's smaller and placed lower in the body.

9. You don't need both kidneys. One-half of a kidney can do the work of two, and 75% of one kidney can sustain life comfortably.

10. If a child is born without a kidney, the other one will grow and weight the some as two kidneys put together.

11. Our filtration system should thank these tiny filtering units called nephrons. They remove harmful toxins and excess fluids from the blood to keep you alive.

12. There are about 1.15 million nephrons in your body. Stretched out from end to end, they are about 5 miles(8 kilometer) long.

13. You can hold anywhere between 50 and 500 milliliters (1.7-17 ounces) of urine in your bladder.

14. What's cooler is the your body waits until your bladder is half-full before you go to the bathroom. Once it reaches the halfway poing, your body sends signals to your brain telling you that it's time to expel the yellow stuff from your system.

15. Kidneys also activate vitamin D in your body -- but only as a last resort. If your skin cells can't receive vitamin D from the Sun, then your liver takes over. And if your liver can't produce vitamine D , your kidneys get the jobs done.