. The eclectic guide to health; or, Physiology and hygiene ... e kid-neys are two in number, located inthe back portion of the abdomen, oneon each side of the spinal column, ashort distance below the Fig. 46. They are dark-colored,bean-shaped bodies, about two thirdsas large as the closed fist. They arelike the lungs, in being made of twokinds of vessels: (1) Blood-vessels,(2) exit tubes. Large branches of theaorta, called the renal arteries, con-stantly convey a portion of the bloodto the kidneys. This blood passesthrough the capillaries of the kidneys,and is collected into the
. The eclectic guide to health; or, Physiology and hygiene ... e kid-neys are two in number, located inthe back portion of the abdomen, oneon each side of the spinal column, ashort distance below the Fig. 46. They are dark-colored,bean-shaped bodies, about two thirdsas large as the closed fist. They arelike the lungs, in being made of twokinds of vessels: (1) Blood-vessels,(2) exit tubes. Large branches of theaorta, called the renal arteries, con-stantly convey a portion of the bloodto the kidneys. This blood passesthrough the capillaries of the kidneys,and is collected into the renal veins that return it to thelarge vein that empties into the right auricle of the the blood goes through the capillaries, its watery partstrains through their thin walls, carrying with it the varioussalts and gases from the blood. The water and other im-purities pass out of the kidneys and collect in the Fig. 47. With the average man, about fifty ounces ofwater and fifteen grains of urea are removed from the bloodin this way Fig. 46. Kidneys and their Vessels.—1. Left kidney. 2. Ascendingvein. 3. Aorta. 4. Left Bladder.
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