Kidney stones are a relatively common and particularly painful dis
order.
Pyelonephritis is infection of the
kidneys and is frequently caused by complication of a urinary tract infection.
Full article >>>Kidneys viewed from behind with spine removed
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.
Full article >>>The
KidneyThe
human kidneys:
are two bean-shaped
organs, one on each side of the backbone.
Represent about 0.5% of the total weight of the body,
but receive 20-25% of the total arterial blood pumped by the
heart.
Full article >>>Chapter 5
Defective
kidney anion-exchanger 1 (AE1,
Band 3) trafficking in
dominant distal renal tubular acidosis (dRTA)
Ashley M. Toye1
Department of
Biochemistry, University of Bristol, University Walk, Bristol BS8 1TD, U.K.
Full article >>>kidney stones Crystallized deposits of excess wastes such as
uric acid, calcium, and magnesium that may form in the
kidney.
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cells.
kilocalorie The energy needed to heat 1000 grams of water from 14.5 to 15.5 degrees C.
Full article >>>kidneyIn
vertebrates, the
organ that regulates the balance of water and solutes in the blood and the
excretion of nitrogenous wastes in the form of
urine.
kilocalorie (kcal) ...
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Kidney Disease
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Full article >>>Renal ren =
kidney.
renette An excretory structure found in some worms.
Full article >>>Disease of the
kidneys caused by damage to the small blood
vessels or to the units in the
kidneys that clean the blood.
Full article >>>[L. renes - the
kidneys; L. corpusculum - a body]. The filtration unit found in the
cortex of the
kidneys and made up of Bowman's
capsule and a
glomerulus.
Full article >>>Polycystic
kidney disease (PKD) -- a group of conditions
characterized by fluid filled sacs that slowly develop in both
kidneys, eventually resulting in
kidney malfunction.
Full article >>>military had reported that bin Laden suffered from a
kidney dis
order requiring him to have access to advanced medical facilities, possibly
kidney dia
lysis.
Full article >>>So a
kidney cell has a different
proteome from a brain
cell: to carry out their function, they
express different
proteins.
Full article >>>An endocrine gland located adjacent to the
kidney in
mammals; composed of two glandular portions: an outer
cortex, which responds to endocrine signals in reacting to stress and effecting salt and water balance, and a central
medulla, ...
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vessels (
veins) carrying blood from the
posterior part of the body to the
kidneys.
Oxygenated blood is carried to the
kidneys by the
renal arteriesSource: Noland, George B. 1983. General
Biology, 11th Edition. St. Louis, MO. C. V. Mosby ...
Full article >>>renal arteries:
arteries in which blood enters the
kidney.
renal veins:
veins in which blood exits the
kidney.
responsiveness: the ability of living things to respond to stimuli in the external
environment.
Full article >>> Ad
renalGlands
endocrine glands which are located on top of the
kidneys and which secrete
hormones such as cortisone and adrenaline (
epinephrine)
(ad- = to toward;
renal =
kidney) ...
Full article >>>Cells in the vertebrate
kidney reabsorb sodium ions from
urine.
Cotransport ...
Full article >>>These
tumors are almost always benign, but they can cause the glands to become overactive and secrete abnormal levels of
hormones. Those abnormal secretions, in turn, can cause a
variety of medical problems, ranging from
kidney stones and fatigue to ...
Full article >>>of genetic defects which cause the same disease, which may be the
mutations at different positions on the same
gene, a finding common to many
human diseases (including Alzheimer's disease, cystic fibrosis, lipo
protein lipase and polycystic
kidney ...
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