"kidney" | Definition and Related Words

Noun

is a type of: excretory organ, urinary organ - an organ that separates waste substances from the blood and discharges them
has:
- nephron, uriniferous tubule - any of the small tubules that are the excretory units of the vertebrate kidney
- adrenal, adrenal gland, suprarenal gland - either of a pair of complex endocrine glands situated near the kidney
- arcuate artery of the kidney - curved arteries of the kidney
- arteria renalis, renal artery - an artery originating from the abdominal aorta and supplying the kidneys and adrenal glands and ureters
- arcuate vein of the kidney, vena arcuata renis - veins that receive blood from interlobular veins of kidney and rectal venules
- renal vein, vena renalis - veins that accompany renal arteries; open into the vena cava at the level of the 2nd lumbar vertebra
- venae interlobulares renis - interlobular veins of the kidney; receive blood from the arcuate vein and empty into the renal veins
- venae renis - veins of the kidney; drain the kidney into the renal vein
- renal cortex - the cortex of the kidney containing the glomeruli and the convoluted tubules
- 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
is a part of: urinary tract - the organs and tubes involved in the production and excretion of urine