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Functions of the Kidney

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Given alongside is a highly simplified (but also somewhat wrong) diagram of the human kidney cut open longitudinally. Answer the questions that follow.
Mention two functions of the kidney.

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The two functions of the kidney are removal of wastes and osmoregulation.

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