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.
The kidneys do important work in the body filtering blood, removing waste into urine and balancing electrolyte levels. Our blood in our bodies passes through the kidneys several times a day. The kidneys are a pair of organs located in the back of the abdomen. Each kidney is about 10-12.5cm (4-5in) long - about the size of a fist. Each kidney contains around a million units called nephrons, each of which is a microscopic filter for blood.