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inches) in length. They receive blood from the paired renal arteries; blood exits into the paired renal veins. Each kidney is attached to a ureter, a tube...

The human urinary system, also known as the urinary tract or renal system, consists of the kidneys, ureters, bladder, and the urethra. The purpose of...

maintain the structure of the body and its organs. The urinary system (also known as renal system) filter blood with the help of kidneys to produce urine, and...

A renal portal system is a portal venous system found in reptiles, and fish excluding hagfish and lampreys. It is not found in mammals. Its function is...

The renal medulla (Latin: medulla renis 'marrow of the kidney') is the innermost part of the kidney. The renal medulla is split up into a number of sections...

anterior to posterior is renal vein, renal artery and renal pelvis, respectively. Renal artery Renal vein Renal pyramids Renal medulla Hylus of kidney...

The renal cortex is the outer portion of the kidney between the renal capsule and the renal medulla. In the adult, it forms a continuous smooth outer...

functional unit of the kidney. It is composed of a renal corpuscle and a renal tubule. The renal corpuscle consists of a tuft of capillaries called a...

stone that may extend into the renal calyces. A renal diverticulum is diverticulum of renal calyces. Renal medulla Renal pyramids Martini, Frederic; Tallitsch...

disease, also known as renal calculus disease, nephrolithiasis or urolithiasis, is a crystallopathy where a solid piece of material (renal calculus) develops...

carcinoma. Renal oncocytoma Cystic nephroma Angiomyolipoma Metanephric adenoma Renal medullary fibroma The RENAL Nephrometry Scoring System is used to...

A renal cyst is a fluid collection in or on the kidney. There are several types based on the Bosniak classification. The majority are benign, simple cysts...

duct system of the kidney consists of a series of tubules and ducts that physically connect nephrons to a minor calyx or directly to the renal pelvis...

apparatus and on renal tubules, while D2-like receptors are present on the glomeruli, zona glomerulosa cells of the adrenal cortex, renal tubules, and postganglionic...

kidney occupied by the renal vessels, minor renal calyces, major renal calyces, renal pelvis and some adipose tissue. Renal sinus Renal sinus Rha, Sung Eun;...

Renal physiology (Latin rēnēs, "kidneys") is the study of the physiology of the kidney. This encompasses all functions of the kidney, including maintenance...

The renal lobe is a portion of a kidney consisting of a renal pyramid and the renal cortex above it. In humans, on average there are 7 to 18 renal lobes...

of the kidneys, specifically normal kidney function (renal physiology) and kidney disease (renal pathophysiology), the preservation of kidney health,...

A renal corpuscle (or Malpighian body) is the blood-filtering component of the nephron of the kidney. It consists of a glomerulus - a tuft of capillaries...

The renal pelvis or pelvis of the kidney is the funnel-like dilated part of the ureter in the kidney. It is formed by the convergence of the major calyces...