kidney
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1. either of two bean-shaped excretory organs that filter wastes (especially urea) from the blood and excrete them and water in urine (noun.body)
| part holonym | : | nephron, uriniferous tubule, |
| definition | : | any of the small tubules that are the excretory units of the vertebrate kidney (noun.body) |
| part holonym | : | arteria renalis, renal artery, |
| definition | : | an artery originating from the abdominal aorta and supplying the kidneys and adrenal glands and ureters (noun.body) |
| part holonym | : | renal vein, vena renalis, |
| definition | : | veins that accompany renal arteries; open into the vena cava at the level of the 2nd lumbar vertebra (noun.body) |
| part holonym | : | venae interlobulares renis, |
| definition | : | interlobular veins of the kidney; receive blood from the arcuate vein and empty into the renal veins (noun.body) |
| part holonym | : | venae renis, |
| definition | : | veins of the kidney; drain the kidney into the renal vein (noun.body) |
| part holonym | : | renal cortex, |
| definition | : | the cortex of the kidney containing the glomeruli and the convoluted tubules (noun.body) |
| part holonym | : | pelvis, renal pelvis, |
| definition | : | a structure shaped like a funnel in the outlet of the kidney into which urine is discharged before passing into the ureter (noun.body) |
| part meronym | : | urinary tract, |
| definition | : | the organs and tubes involved in the production and excretion of urine (noun.body) |
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