- humans, the
kidneys are two reddish-brown bean-shaped blood-filtering
organs that are a multilobar,
multipapillary form of
mammalian kidneys,
usually without...
-
Kidney disease, or
renal disease,
technically referred to as nephropathy, is
damage to or
disease of a
kidney.
Nephritis is an
inflammatory kidney disease...
- vertebrates, the
kidneys maintain homeostasis of
extracellular fluid in the body. When the
blood is
being filtered, the
kidneys form urine,
which consists...
- 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 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...
-
Kidney failure, also
known as end-stage
renal disease (ESRD), is a
medical condition in
which the
kidneys can no
longer adequately filter waste products...
-
Kidney transplant or
renal transplant is the
organ transplant of a
kidney into a
patient with end-stage
kidney disease (ESRD).
Kidney transplant is typically...
-
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...
-
Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a type of long-term
kidney disease, in
which either there is a
gradual loss of
kidney function which occurs over a period...
