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		phkahler on Sept 2, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The vagus nerve orchestrates the mind-body connect... I know someone where the main artery into one kidney branches in two. Seems like a possible evolutionary step to bifurcation into more smaller kidneys. ;-)

onlypassingthru on Sept 2, 2024 [–]

Anecdata: A family member had one of those third smaller kidneys.

lanstin on Sept 2, 2024 | [–]

I have that. One normal kidney on one side and two touching but distinct maybe 75% sized kidneys on the other.

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