Daily Archives: May 12, 2009

Our Amazing Filters – Kidneys!

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Our kidneys are part of our excretory system, to remove nitrogenous wastes from our body. The nephron is the functioning unit that removes urea from the blood and allows water, nutrientsand salts to be re-absorbed to the body.

Great interactive animation showing structure and function of the kidneys.

The nephron – structure and function.

The Kidney Quiz from Zerobio.