Question

Which of the following is the correct anatomical position of the kidney?

(a) front of the abdominal cavity just below the diaphragm

(b) back of the abdominal cavity just below the diaphragm

(c) back of the abdominal cavity just above the diaphragm

(d) front of the abdominal cavity just above the diaphragm

The question was posed to me in an online quiz.

My question is based upon Direct Writing Recorders in chapter Recording System of Biomedical Instrumentation

Answer 1

Right answer is (b) back of the abdominal cavity just below the diaphragm

To explain I would say: The human body has two kidneys which lie in the back of the abdominal cavity just below the diaphragm, one on each side of the vertebral column.  Each kidney consists of about a million individual units, all similar in structure and function. These tiny units are called nephrons.