English > kidney: 1 sense > noun 1, body| Meaning | Either of two bean-shaped excretory organs that filter wastes (especially urea) from the blood and excrete them and water in urine. |
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| Example | "urine passes out of the kidney through ureters to the bladder" |
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| Part of | urinary tract | The organs and tubes involved in the production and excretion of urine |
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| Parts | adrenal gland, adrenal, suprarenal gland | Either of a pair of complex endocrine glands situated near the kidney |
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| arcuate artery of the kidney | curved arteries of the kidney |
| arcuate vein of the kidney, vena arcuata renis | veins that receive blood from interlobular veins of kidney and rectal venules |
| nephron, uriniferous tubule | Any of the small tubules that are the excretory units of the vertebrate kidney |
| pelvis, renal pelvis | A structure shaped like a funnel in the outlet of the kidney into which urine is discharged before passing into the ureter |
| renal artery, arteria renalis | An artery originating from the abdominal aorta and supplying the kidneys and adrenal glands and ureters |
| renal cortex | The cortex of the kidney containing the glomeruli and the convoluted tubules |
| renal vein, vena renalis | veins that accompany renal arteries |
| venae interlobulares renis | interlobular veins of the kidney |
| venae renis | veins of the kidney |
| Broader | excretory organ, urinary organ | An organ that separates waste substances from the blood and discharges them |
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| Spanish | riñón |
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| Catalan | ronyó |
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| Adjectives | adrenal | near the kidneys |
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| nephritic, renal | of or relating to the kidneys |
