It was then when Zacchaeus met with Jesus that he found what had been missing. He realised that Jesus was the ANSWER to his needs. No many people through the ages have used the same word to describe Jesus in their lives.
Other hormones produced by the kidneys help regulate blood pressure and control calcium metabolism. The kidneys are powerful chemical factories that perform the following functions: 1  remove waste products from the body. 2  remove drugs from the body.
What are the kidneys and what do they do? The kidneys are two bean-shaped organs, each about the size of a fist. They are located just below the rib cage, one on each side of the spine. Every day, the two kidneys filter about 120 to 150 quarts of blood to produce about 1 to 2 quarts of urine, composed of wastes and extra fluid. The urine flows from the kidneys to the bladder through two thin tubes of muscle called ureters, one on each side of the bladder.