Concept information
Preferred term
Kidney
Type
-
Topical Descriptor
Broader concept
Narrower concepts
Entry terms
- Kidneys
Note
- /blood supply: consider also RENAL CIRCULATION; /surg: consider NEPHRECTOMY; cyst = KIDNEY DISEASES, CYSTIC or specifics; inflammation = NEPHRITIS; Goldblatt kidney = HYPERTENSION, GOLDBLATT see HYPERTENSION, RENOVASCULAR; nephrostomy: consider NEPHROSTOMY, PERCUTANEOUS
Scope note
- Body organ that filters blood for the secretion of URINE and that regulates ion concentrations.
History note
- /transplantation was KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION 1963-65; was KIDNEY/transplantation 1966-89
URI
http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D007668
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