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National Kidney Foundation: How Your Kidneys Work
This thorough site explains how kidneys function, delves into the causes and treatment of chronic kidney disease, and lists the warning signs of kidney disease.
US National Library of Medicine
Medline Plus: Kidneys and Urinary System Topics
This site provides articles about kidneys and kidney diseases, along with other topics about the kidneys and the urinary system from the National Library of Medicine. You can find everything you may need here, from statistics to...
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Cartage.org: The Excretory System
This comprehensive resource examines the human excretory system, kidney function, nitrogen wastes, water and salt balance, and more.
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Agham Scientific Magazine: Kidneys and Survival
This resource from the Agham Scientific Magazine provides an indepth description of the kidneys their function as well as other uses of the kidneys. Links to an article entitled, "The Body's Own Sanitation Facility" with additional...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Just Passing Through
This lesson helps students explore the functions of the kidney and its place in the urinary system. Students learn how engineers design instruments to help people when kidneys are not functioning properly or when environmental conditions...
National Institutes of Health
Nat. Institutes of Health: Treatment Methods for Kidney Failure: Hemodialysis
This site describes hemodialysis and explains its functions and procedures.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Biology: Kidneys
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes the roles of the kidneys in homeostasis.
Biology Pages
Kimball's Biology Pages: The Kidneys
An online biology textbook on the structure and function of the kidneys. Full of labeled, color diagrams for better understanding.
American Association for Clinical Chemistry
Lab Tests Online: Kidney and Urinary Tract Function, Disorders, and Diseases
This thorough site explains the role of the kidney in the body and provides links to information on kidney diseases, symptoms, tests, and treatment.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Life Science: Kidneys
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] The kidneys are important organs in maintaining homeostasis, the ability of the body to maintain a stable internal environment despite a changing environment....
Curated OER
Kids Health: Kidneys and Urinary Tract
The urinary system and how it functions are explained. An interactive diagram shows the different parts, and summarizes what each does. Disorders of the kidneys and the urinary tract are also described.
Mocomi & Anibrain Digital Technologies
Mocomi: How Do Kidneys Work?
Explains the parts and function of the kidneys and why they are important.
Estrella Mountain Community College
Estrella Mountain Community College: The Execretory System and Nephrons
This resource provides general information about the human excretory system and kidneys, and a section only about nephrons. It includes several pictures, diagrams and explanations for understanding.
Aetna Intelihealth
Aetna: Inteli Health: End Stage Renal Disease
This is the thorough overview of end-stage renal disease that includes information on symptoms, prevention, treatment, and more.
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The Italian Society of Neonatology: The Kidney Through the Ages
This resource provides information about the excretory system, specifically the kidney.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Biology: Kidneys
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes the roles of the kidneys in homeostasis.
Biology Corner
Biology Corner: Anatomy: Urinary System: Structure of the Nephron
Students read text and color leach labeled part of the nephron in the human kidney to understand the structure and function of the kidney. This is a ready-to-use teacher resource for biology review.
BBC
Bbc: Human Anatomy: Organs
Explore the anatomy of the human body. Click on an organ or other body part to read more about its structure and function, and then try out an interactive activity for that organ.
National Cancer Institute at the National Institutes of Health
Seer Training Modules: Introduction to the Urinary System
Self-guided learning activity where students learn about the structure and function of the human urinary system. There is a short quiz at the end of the lesson to check for understanding.
University of Guelph
What Are Wetlands?
Wetlands are an important part of our ecosystem. They are often called the kidneys of the land. Learn about wetlands, where they are located, their value, and what threatens them.
Untamed Science
Untamed Science: Biology: Human Biology: Excretory System
Explore how the human body rids itself of wastes with the function of the kidneys.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Life Science: 11.36 Excretory System
Understand the structure and function of the human Excretory system.
National Institutes of Health
Niddk: The Urinary Tract & How It Works
This is an in-depth discussion on how the urinary system works. Also includes information about what can go wrong in the urinary system and how someone can get help.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Biology: Urinary System
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes the structure and function of organs that comprise the urinary system, and explains how the production of urine and the process of urination are controlled.