- humans, the
kidneys are two reddish-brown bean-shaped blood-filtering
organs that are a multilobar,
multipapillary form of
mammalian kidneys,
usually without...
- vertebrates, the
kidneys maintain homeostasis of
extracellular fluid in the body. When the
blood is
being filtered, the
kidneys form urine,
which consists...
-
Kidney disease, or
renal disease,
technically referred to as nephropathy, is
damage to or
disease of a
kidney.
Nephritis is an
inflammatory kidney disease...
- calculus)
develops in the
urinary tract.
Renal calculi typically form in the
kidney and
leave the body in the
urine stream. A
small calculus may p****...
- the patient's
kidneys fuse to
form a horseshoe-shape
during development in the womb. The
fused part is the
isthmus of the
horseshoe kidney. The abnormal...
-
Kidney failure, also
known as
renal failure or end-stage
renal disease (ESRD), is a
medical condition in
which the
kidneys can no
longer adequately filter...
-
urine exits the
kidney through the ureter. Nitrogen-containing
waste products are
excreted by the
kidneys in
mammals mainly in the
form of urea. The structure...
- the most
immature form of
kidney,
while the
metanephros is most developed. The
metanephros persists as the
definitive adult kidney.[citation needed] The...
-
Kidney cancer, also
known as
renal cancer, is a
group of
cancers that
starts in the
kidney.
Symptoms may
include blood in the urine, a lump in the abdomen...
-
mesonephros is the
embryonic kidney and a more
complex metanephros acts as the
adult kidney. Once a more
advanced kidney forms, the
previous version typically...
