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The Kidneys

Dr. Matt and Dr. Mike's Medical Podcast

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The Different Types of Kidneys

The kidneys start low and go up. Some people have what they call horseshoe kidneys. They kind of get stuck on the inferior mesenteric archery. I think they get kind of plugged there. But as they work in their way up, they get new blood supplies on the way up. And so it's probably thought that the kidney has kind of little sections to it,. But then encapsulate into one organ. So our kidneys are quite diverse. Oh, wow. Very. Differently shaped than other organs such as liver or heart. It could be a lot further away from where you're born. You don't know if yours have yet. Not sure if yours have ever

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