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OCR: KIDNEYS HE KIDNEYS are bean -shaped organs pundj at the back your abdomen one below each of your lungs. Each kidney IS about 10 cm 4 inches) long and cm inches) wide Kidneys have two functions: to remove waste products from blood; and tc remove excess water and salts from blood, its concentration stays the same The wastes water, and salts form urine. which carried to the bladder and out of the body Every day, your kidneys filter about 180 litres (40 gallons of fluid from the blood, to produce 1.5 litres 21/2 pints of urine found