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
Veins of the kidney; drain the kidney into the renal vein.
- arcuate vein of the kidney
Veins that receive blood from interlobular veins of kidney and rectal...
- renal vein
Veins that accompany renal arteries; open into the vena cava at the level of the 2nd...
Artery
- arcuate artery of the kidney
Curved arteries of the kidney.
- renal artery
An artery originating from the abdominal aorta and supplying the kidneys and adrenal...
Also contains
- adrenal gland
Either of a pair of complex endocrine glands situated near the kidney.
- nephron
Any of the small tubules that are the excretory units of the vertebrate kidney.
- venae interlobulares renis
Interlobular veins of the kidney; receive blood from the arcuate vein...
- renal cortex
The cortex of the kidney containing the glomeruli and the convoluted tubules.
- pelvis
A structure shaped like a funnel in the outlet of the kidney into which urine is discharged...