Kidney

Of urinary tract and excretory organ.

Either of two bean-shaped excretory organs that filter wastes (especially urea) from the blood and excrete them and water in urine; "urine passes out of the kidney through ureters to the bladder".

This concept's ID is @1~29141

Vein

  • venae renis 1 facts

    Veins of the kidney; drain the kidney into the renal vein.

  • arcuate vein of the kidney 0 facts

    Veins that receive blood from interlobular veins of kidney and rectal...

  • renal vein 0 facts

    Veins that accompany renal arteries; open into the vena cava at the level of the 2nd...

Artery

Also contains

  • adrenal gland 2 facts

    Either of a pair of complex endocrine glands situated near the kidney.

  • nephron 1 facts

    Any of the small tubules that are the excretory units of the vertebrate kidney.

  • venae interlobulares renis 0 facts

    Interlobular veins of the kidney; receive blood from the arcuate vein...

  • renal cortex 0 facts

    The cortex of the kidney containing the glomeruli and the convoluted tubules.

  • pelvis 0 facts

    A structure shaped like a funnel in the outlet of the kidney into which urine is discharged...