WEBVTT 00:00:03.601 --> 00:00:05.664 We are not Kidding see 00:00:05.664 --> 00:00:07.624 We are your Kidneys 00:00:07.624 --> 00:00:09.391 The upper abdominal 00:00:09.391 --> 00:00:11.533 is where we will be 00:00:11.533 --> 00:00:13.580 The right and left Kidneys 00:00:13.580 --> 00:00:15.699 Do all sorts of cool things you'll see 00:00:15.699 --> 00:00:17.380 Please pay close attention 00:00:17.380 --> 00:00:19.332 This lesson is free 00:00:19.332 --> 00:00:21.483 One fact about your Kidneys 00:00:21.483 --> 00:00:23.773 we filter all your blood so free 00:00:23.773 --> 00:00:24.973 Through the Nephrons 00:00:24.973 --> 00:00:27.516 There's about a million in each kidney 00:00:27.516 --> 00:00:29.451 The Kidneys shaped just like a bean 00:00:29.451 --> 00:00:31.600 It’s about the size of the fist you see 00:00:31.600 --> 00:00:33.484 And it’s top is covered by your 00:00:33.484 --> 00:00:35.050 Adrenal Gland 00:00:35.050 --> 00:00:37.604 The Adrenal glands made of two parts 00:00:37.604 --> 00:00:39.704 The Cortex and the Medulla 00:00:39.704 --> 00:00:41.782 These parts produce certain hormones 00:00:41.782 --> 00:00:43.451 Your body needs 00:00:43.451 --> 00:00:45.052 The Renal Vein and Artery 00:00:45.052 --> 00:00:47.402 Are what bring blood to and from us see 00:00:47.402 --> 00:00:49.100 There attached to us right near 00:00:49.100 --> 00:00:51.198 Where the Ureters be 00:00:51.198 --> 00:00:52.781 Kidneys create hormones 00:00:52.781 --> 00:00:55.379 that tell the body to make more red blood cells 00:00:55.379 --> 00:00:57.340 They also regulate your liquids 00:00:57.340 --> 00:00:59.618 and nutrients really well 00:00:59.618 --> 00:01:01.963 We are not Kidding see 00:01:01.963 --> 00:01:03.728 We are your Kidneys 00:01:03.728 --> 00:01:05.219 The upper abdominal 00:01:05.219 --> 00:01:07.218 is where we will be 00:01:07.218 --> 00:01:09.547 The right and left Kidneys 00:01:09.547 --> 00:01:11.736 Do all sorts of cool things you'll see 00:01:11.736 --> 00:01:13.489 Please pay close attention 00:01:13.489 --> 00:01:15.657 This lesson is free 00:01:15.657 --> 00:01:17.351 Dirty blood pumped into Kidneys 00:01:17.351 --> 00:01:19.135 Through your Renal Arteries 00:01:19.135 --> 00:01:21.262 Which comes directly from your hearts 00:01:21.262 --> 00:01:23.358 Aortic Artery 00:01:23.358 --> 00:01:24.991 The blood then moves to your 00:01:24.991 --> 00:01:26.907 Segmental and smaller arteries 00:01:26.907 --> 00:01:29.569 Which pumps blood to be filtered 00:01:29.569 --> 00:01:31.248 By your Nephrons that you see 00:01:31.248 --> 00:01:33.639 Your Nephrons job is to filter and expel 00:01:33.639 --> 00:01:34.851 waste from your blood 00:01:34.851 --> 00:01:36.938 Then that water waste is sent down 00:01:36.938 --> 00:01:38.539 to the Renal Medulla 00:01:38.539 --> 00:01:40.764 Collecting Ducts move wastewater 00:01:40.764 --> 00:01:42.861 to the Renal Papilla 00:01:42.861 --> 00:01:44.904 Then through the Renal Pelvis 00:01:44.904 --> 00:01:46.707 to the Ureters like a straw 00:01:46.707 --> 00:01:49.411 Ureters take the wastewater 00:01:49.411 --> 00:01:51.602 That we all call Urine 00:01:51.602 --> 00:01:53.351 and carries it to your Bladder 00:01:53.351 --> 00:01:55.676 to the toilet, it goes in 00:01:55.676 --> 00:01:57.730 Cleanly filtered blood returns 00:01:57.730 --> 00:01:59.230 to your body once again 00:01:59.230 --> 00:02:00.682 through your Renal Vein 00:02:00.682 --> 00:02:03.501 So it can start its journey once again 00:02:03.501 --> 00:02:05.091 We are not Kidding see 00:02:05.091 --> 00:02:06.942 We are your Kidneys 00:02:06.942 --> 00:02:09.134 The upper abdominal 00:02:09.134 --> 00:02:11.283 is where we will be 00:02:11.283 --> 00:02:13.312 The right and left Kidneys 00:02:13.312 --> 00:02:15.521 Do all sorts of cool things you'll see 00:02:15.521 --> 00:02:17.182 Please pay close attention 00:02:17.182 --> 00:02:21.532 This lesson is free