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Kidneys perform crucial functions which affect all parts of the body.
Many other organs in your body depend on the kidneys in order to function as they should. Normally, there are two kidneys, one on either side of the spine under the lower ribs. They are pink in colour and each one is about the size of your clenched fist. The main job of the kidneys is to remove wastes from the blood and return the cleaned blood back to the body. The blood then runs through tiny filtering units of the kidney, called nephrons.