A paired organ of the urinary tract which has the production of urine as its primary function. [ http://anatomy.uams.edu/anatomyhtml/kidney.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kidney ]
Term information
- CALOHA:TS-0510
- Wikipedia:Kidney
- MESH:D007668
- GAID:423
- SCTID:181414000
- AAO:0000250
- EFO:0000929
- MA:0000368
- EMAPA:17373
- XAO:0003267
- FMA:7203
- BTO:0000671
- UMLS:C0022646 (ncithesaurus:Kidney)
- galen:Kidney
- MAT:0000119
- EV:0100096
- OpenCyc:Mx4rvVjlYpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA
- NCIT:C12415
- MIAA:0000119
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A paired organ of the urinary tract which has the production of urine as its primary function.
One of either of a pair of structures lying on either side of the dorsal aorta in which fluid balance is regulated and waste is excreted out in the form of urine.[AAO]
Term relations
- abdomen element
- anatomical entity
- cavitated compound organ
- lateral structure
- in lateral side of some multicellular organism
- develops from some kidney mesenchyme
- develops from some kidney rudiment
- part of some abdomen
- contributes to morphology of some renal system
- only in taxon some Vertebrata
- part of some upper urinary tract
- kidney arterial blood vessel
- renal fat pad
- renal venous blood vessel
- inner medulla of kidney
- outer medulla of kidney
- cortex of kidney
- renal pelvis
- kidney capsule
- kidney epithelium
- kidney capillary
- kidney blood vessel
- renal collecting system
- renal parenchyma
- uriniferous tubule
- kidney cell
- renal duct
- renal medulla
- nephric duct
- posterior surface of kidney
- straight venules of kidney
- anterior surface of kidney
- primitive nephron
- peritubular capillary plexus of kidney
- capillary network of kidney
- renal sinus
- hilum of kidney
- renal lobule
- renal lobe
- kidney corticomedullary boundary
- head kidney
- kidney interstitium
- kidney vasculature