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Your organs can be grouped into two categories.
The digestive tract organs, which are singular.
These form from the endoderm.
The liver and pancreases are all direct outgrowths from the digestive tract which is again singular.
Everything else which comes in pairs.
These form from the mesoderm or ectoderm.
Even the brain and heart are paired organs, the heart ...
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Although most people have two kidneys, some have only one kidney. We can live with only one kidney. Infact, there are some animals still only have one kidney such as single-kidney rats. Many people are born with only one and we don't need two kidneys. One healthy kidney can work as well as two.
A pair of Kidneys evolved in humans as bilateral symmetry in ...
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