Kidneys are a pair of bean shaped organs placed below the ribs one on each side of your spine. They are a vital part of the excretory system and perform the function filtering wastes from the blood. Each of the kidneys is made up of millions of tiny filtering units called nephrons that remove wastes from the blood under the influence of high pressure. Together the kidneys filter about 120-150 quarts of blood every day and the wastes along with fluid flow to the urinary bladder where it is stored for a while before getting expelled from the body. Anything