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RENAL (REE-nuhl)
Of
or in the region of the kidneys
Common
clue: Kidney-related; Of the kidneys; Kind of artery; Nephritic;
_____ calculus (kidney stone)
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The
kidneys
are
bean-shaped excretory organs in vertebrates. Part of the urinary
system, the kidneys filter wastes (especially urea) from the
blood and excrete them, along with water, as urine. The medical
field that studies the kidneys and diseases affecting the kidney
is called nephrology.
Kidneys
viewed from behind with spine removed.
In
humans the kidneys are two organs located in the posterior part
of the abdomen. There is one on each side of the spine just below
the liver and spleen. Superior to each kidney is an adrenal gland
(also called the suprarenal
gland).
Renal
functions include the excretion of waste material from the
bloodstream, secretion of hormones - particularly erythropoietin
and renin and maintaining serum electrolyte, acid-base levels and
osmolality.
Generally,
one can live fine with just one kidney. If both kidneys do not
function properly, dialysis is performed, where the blood is
filtered outside of the body.
Kidney
transplants are now also quite common. The first successful such
transplant was announced on March 4, 1954 at Peter Bent Brigham
Hospital in Boston. The surgery was performed by Dr. Joseph E.
Murray, who in 1990 was awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine.
Kidney transplants can be cadaveric (from someone who has died)
or from a living donor (usually a family member). There are
several advantages to a kidney transplant from a living donor,
including that it is generally a better match, the donor can be
thoroughly tested before transplantion and that the kidney tends
to have a longer life span
This
article is licensed under the GNU
Free Documentation License.
It uses material from the Wikipedia
article "Kidney".
RENAL
(139) 59 We- >1 09 Kidney-related
39
Tu >1 08 Of the kidneys
10
Fr- >1 09 Kind of artery ILIAC
5
Tu+ >1 02 Kidney related
5
Th+ >1 04 Nephritic
3
Mo >1 06 Pertaining to the kidneys
3
Fr+ >1 08 ___ calculus (kidney stone)
2
Th NYT 93 Nephric
2
Th Rea 08 Of kidneys
2
We- >1 87 Of the kidney
1
We CSy 08 Having to do with the kidneys
02
Kidney-shaped?
1
Fr NYT 99 Kidneylike
1
Fr NYT 02 Kind of cortex
1
Th NYT 08 Kind of dialysis
1
Th NYT 99 Kind of gland
1
Fr NYT 98 Like a certain vein
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Medical specialty
1
Fr NYT 95 Related to the kidney
1
Sa NYS 06 ___ artery (kidney's blood supplier)
1
Th LAT 09 ___ artery, which supplies the kidneys
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