1 00:00:03,601 --> 00:00:05,664 We are not Kidding see 2 00:00:05,664 --> 00:00:07,624 We are your Kidneys 3 00:00:07,624 --> 00:00:09,391 The upper abdominal 4 00:00:09,391 --> 00:00:11,533 is where we will be 5 00:00:11,533 --> 00:00:13,580 The right and left Kidneys 6 00:00:13,580 --> 00:00:15,699 Do all sorts of cool things you'll see 7 00:00:15,699 --> 00:00:17,380 Please pay close attention 8 00:00:17,380 --> 00:00:19,332 This lesson is free 9 00:00:19,332 --> 00:00:21,483 One fact about your Kidneys 10 00:00:21,483 --> 00:00:23,773 we filter all your blood so free 11 00:00:23,773 --> 00:00:24,973 Through the Nephrons 12 00:00:24,973 --> 00:00:27,516 There's about a million in each kidney 13 00:00:27,516 --> 00:00:29,451 The Kidneys shaped just like a bean 14 00:00:29,451 --> 00:00:31,600 It’s about the size of the fist you see 15 00:00:31,600 --> 00:00:33,484 And it’s top is covered by your 16 00:00:33,484 --> 00:00:35,050 Adrenal Gland 17 00:00:35,050 --> 00:00:37,604 The Adrenal glands made of two parts 18 00:00:37,604 --> 00:00:39,704 The Cortex and the Medulla 19 00:00:39,704 --> 00:00:41,782 These parts produce certain hormones 20 00:00:41,782 --> 00:00:43,451 Your body needs 21 00:00:43,451 --> 00:00:45,052 The Renal Vein and Artery 22 00:00:45,052 --> 00:00:47,402 Are what bring blood to and from us see 23 00:00:47,402 --> 00:00:49,100 There attached to us right near 24 00:00:49,100 --> 00:00:51,198 Where the Ureters be 25 00:00:51,198 --> 00:00:52,781 Kidneys create hormones 26 00:00:52,781 --> 00:00:55,379 that tell the body to make more red blood cells 27 00:00:55,379 --> 00:00:57,340 They also regulate your liquids 28 00:00:57,340 --> 00:00:59,618 and nutrients really well 29 00:00:59,618 --> 00:01:01,963 We are not Kidding see 30 00:01:01,963 --> 00:01:03,728 We are your Kidneys 31 00:01:03,728 --> 00:01:05,219 The upper abdominal 32 00:01:05,219 --> 00:01:07,218 is where we will be 33 00:01:07,218 --> 00:01:09,547 The right and left Kidneys 34 00:01:09,547 --> 00:01:11,736 Do all sorts of cool things you'll see 35 00:01:11,736 --> 00:01:13,489 Please pay close attention 36 00:01:13,489 --> 00:01:15,657 This lesson is free 37 00:01:15,657 --> 00:01:17,351 Dirty blood pumped into Kidneys 38 00:01:17,351 --> 00:01:19,135 Through your Renal Arteries 39 00:01:19,135 --> 00:01:21,262 Which comes directly from your hearts 40 00:01:21,262 --> 00:01:23,358 Aortic Artery 41 00:01:23,358 --> 00:01:24,991 The blood then moves to your 42 00:01:24,991 --> 00:01:26,907 Segmental and smaller arteries 43 00:01:26,907 --> 00:01:29,569 Which pumps blood to be filtered 44 00:01:29,569 --> 00:01:31,248 By your Nephrons that you see 45 00:01:31,248 --> 00:01:33,639 Your Nephrons job is to filter and expel 46 00:01:33,639 --> 00:01:34,851 waste from your blood 47 00:01:34,851 --> 00:01:36,938 Then that water waste is sent down 48 00:01:36,938 --> 00:01:38,539 to the Renal Medulla 49 00:01:38,539 --> 00:01:40,764 Collecting Ducts move wastewater 50 00:01:40,764 --> 00:01:42,861 to the Renal Papilla 51 00:01:42,861 --> 00:01:44,904 Then through the Renal Pelvis 52 00:01:44,904 --> 00:01:46,707 to the Ureters like a straw 53 00:01:46,707 --> 00:01:49,411 Ureters take the wastewater 54 00:01:49,411 --> 00:01:51,602 That we all call Urine 55 00:01:51,602 --> 00:01:53,351 and carries it to your Bladder 56 00:01:53,351 --> 00:01:55,676 to the toilet, it goes in 57 00:01:55,676 --> 00:01:57,730 Cleanly filtered blood returns 58 00:01:57,730 --> 00:01:59,230 to your body once again 59 00:01:59,230 --> 00:02:00,682 through your Renal Vein 60 00:02:00,682 --> 00:02:03,501 So it can start its journey once again 61 00:02:03,501 --> 00:02:05,091 We are not Kidding see 62 00:02:05,091 --> 00:02:06,942 We are your Kidneys 63 00:02:06,942 --> 00:02:09,134 The upper abdominal 64 00:02:09,134 --> 00:02:11,283 is where we will be 65 00:02:11,283 --> 00:02:13,312 The right and left Kidneys 66 00:02:13,312 --> 00:02:15,521 Do all sorts of cool things you'll see 67 00:02:15,521 --> 00:02:17,182 Please pay close attention 68 00:02:17,182 --> 00:02:21,532 This lesson is free