Topic > Kidney Physiology - 530

INTRODUCTION: The purpose of this tour is to see the difference between the urine of a healthy person and that of sick people. Such as a person with untreated diabetes, a person who works in a factory with hot, dry air, a person who produces little antidiuretic hormone (ADH), or a person who has a urinary tract infection. Let's start with how the kidney works. The kidneys are an important part of our body and are a bean-shaped organ that plays several important roles in the body, located under the rib cage. They are essential in the urinary system and their function is to remove excess fluid from the body, produce urine, help produce red blood cells, control the body's chemical reaction, and even help control blood pressure. The kidney removes extra waste and extra water from the blood to form urine. And urine flows from the kidneys to the bladder through the ureters. Waste comes from the food we eat and from working muscles. The body uses food to produce energy and other things it needs. After the body gets what it needs, it is sent to the kidneys through the blood...