Human Kidney
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A Human Kidney is a kidney that is a human organ.
- Context:
- It can (typically) maintain a Human Homeostatis (balance of water).
- It can (typically) remove excess Human Blood Serum Molecules (from a blood serum), such as: Creatinine, Sodium, Potassium, and Phosphorus.
- It can (typically) remove Waste By-Products in Human Blood, such as: Urea, Uric Acid, and Creatinine.
- It can (typically) produce Human Hormones, such as: calcitriol, erythropoietin, renin (to regulate blood pressure), Erythropoietin (to stimulate red blood cell production), and Active Vitamin D (for bone health).
- It can (typically) perform a human kidney process, that may suffer from a Human Kidney Condition.
- It can range from being a Left Human Kidney (typically larger) to being a Right Human Kidney.
- It can range from being a Healthy Human Kidney to being an Unhealthy Human Kidney (such as a diseased kidney).
- It can range from being an Active Human Kidney to being an Inactive Human Kidney (e.g. in a cadaver).
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- Counter-Example(s):
- a Pig Kidney.
- a Human Heart, Human Brain, ...
- See: Cystatin C.
References
2014
- http://www.webmd.com/a-to-z-guides/understanding-kidney-disease-basic-information
- Healthy kidneys handle several specific roles. Healthy kidneys:
- Maintain a balance of water and concentration of minerals, such as sodium, potassium, and phosphorus, in your blood
- Remove waste by-products from the blood after digestion, muscle activity, and exposure to chemicals or medications
- Produce renin, an enzyme that helps regulate blood pressure
- Produce erythropoietin, which stimulates red blood cell production
- Produce an active form of vitamin D, needed for bone health
- Healthy kidneys handle several specific roles. Healthy kidneys:
2012
- https://www.shodor.org/master/biomed/physio/dialysis/kidney.htm
- QUOTE: The kidneys are the filtering devices of blood. The kidneys remove waste products from metabolism such as urea, uric acid, and creatinine by producing and secreting urine. Urine may also contain sulfate and phenol waste and excess sodium, potassium, and chloride ions. The kidneys help maintain homeostasis by regulating the concentration and volume of body fluids. For example, the amount of H+ and HCO3 - secreted by the kidneys controls the body's pH.
