They serve the body as a natural filter of the blood, and remove water-soluble wastes which are diverted to the bladder. In producing urine, the kidneys excrete nitrogenous wastes such as urea and ammonium. They are also responsible for the reabsorption of water, glucose, and amino acids. The kidneys also produce hormones including calcitriol and erythropoietin.
Definition of skeg. 1  1 : the stern of the keel of a ship near the sternpost; especially : the part connecting the keel with the bottom of the rudderpost in a single-screw ship. 2  2 : a fin situated on the rear bottom of a surfboard that is used for steering and stability.
In computing, JPEG (pronounced JAY-peg; IPA: [ËdÊeÉªpÉg]) is a commonly used method of compression for photographic images. The name JPEG stands for Joint Photographic Experts Group, the name of the committee who created the standard.PEG should not be confused with MPEG (Moving Picture Experts Group) which produces compression schemes for video. JPEG itself specifies both the codec, which defines how an image is compressed into a stream of bytes and decompressed back into an image, and the file format used to contain that stream.