kidneys

• What are your kidneys found in the body?

  the kidneys are found in below the rib cage at the back of the body.
• What are the size and shape of the kidneys?

  The size of a computer mouse in adult and bean-shaped organs.
• What is the name of the main process carried out by the kidneys?


  Excretion
• What is excretion?


  Excretion is the process of removing waste products from the body.
• What are three things a doctor can do if your kidneys don't work?


  (1) Remove one kidney (unhealthy, disease) healthy kidney left,

  (2) Dialysis (a machine that acts like a kidney to remove and filter the blood)

  (3) kidney transplant (someone in their family)
• the kidneys excrete a liquid waste product called urine.
• the kidneys are the pair organs that filter the blood and remove waste products