Kidney

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Contents 1 More Specific Terms 2 Introduction 3 Pathology 4 More General Terms 5 Additional Terms 6 References

More Specific Terms

• renal (Bertin) column
• renal cortex (cortex of kidney)
• renal hilum (hilum of kidney)
• renal papilla
• renal pyramid (malpighian pyramid, medullary pyramid)
• renal segment (arterial segments of kidney)
• renal sinus (sinus of kidney)

Introduction

• Normal kidney size is > 11 cm, with the left kidney up to 1.5 cm longer than the right. Small kidneys are < 10 cm pole to pole.

Pathology

• Causes of enlarged kidney:

• obstruction
• infiltration

• amyloidosis
• leukemia
• diabetes mellitus

• acute glomerulonephritis
• acute tubulointerstitial nephropathy
• renal vein thrombosis
• polycystic kidney disease

• Calcifications:

• urolithiasis
• tuberculosis
• aneurysms
• renal papillary necrosis

More General Terms

• organ
• urogenital system structure

Additional Terms

• age-associated changes in renal function
• kidney cancer
• kidney disease; renal disease
• kidney donation
• renal anomaly
• renal function; kidney function

References

1. Mayo Internal Medicine Board Review, 1998-99, Prakash UBS (ed) Lippincott-Raven, Philadelphia, 1998, pg 620-21
2. Your Kidneys and How They Work [1]
3. Kidney and Urinary System [2]

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