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The body's secret filters

Chapter 1

The anatomy of a cellular filter

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Chapter 2

Chemical balance and body harmony

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Chapter 3

From ancient mummies to modern dialysis

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YOUR GOAL

Master of The body's secret filters

Ch 1 · The anatomy of a cellular filter
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artiteacher A million microscopic cleaning machines

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artiteacher The bean-shaped powerhouses of the lower back

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artiteacher The glomerulus as a high-pressure sieve

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artiteacher The clever recycling system of the tubules

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A tiny nylon mesh is all it takes to strain individual cells out of tissue.

sonia A tiny nylon mesh is all it takes to strain individual cells out of tissue.

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artiteacher Glomerular filtration barrier

Keep the protein! (Keep the protein!) Podocyte zippers keep the protein!

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The glomerulus as a high-pressure sieve

artiteacher The glomerulus as a high-pressure sieve

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Fun Fact

Kidney blood flow: Kidneys filter your entire blood supply roughly 40 times every single day.

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A million microscopic cleaning machines

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Glossary
glomerulus (noun)
A cluster of capillaries at the end of a kidney tubule where waste products are filtered from the blood. In 1666, Marcello Malpighi discovered these tiny capillary networks while studying the microscopic structure of the kidney.

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Quiz

What percentage of the heart's pumped blood goes directly to the kidneys every minute?

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Gossip

Which kidney superpower is most impressive?

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Quiz

If you stretched out all the microscopic nephrons from both human kidneys, how far would they reach?

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Quiz

Approximately how many nanometers wide are the pores in the glomerulus's filtering membrane?

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Quiz

What is the name of the tiny, high-pressure cluster of blood vessels where kidney filtration begins?

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Quiz

How large is an average adult human kidney?

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Quiz

Out of the 180 liters of fluid filtered by human kidneys daily, how much is actually turned into waste?

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Quiz

What vital nutrients do the kidney's renal tubules actively pull back into the bloodstream during recycling?

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Quiz

Which Italian biologist first discovered the microscopic filtering units of the kidney in 1666?

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Tiny Filter Friend

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