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Descriptor English: Kidney
Descriptor Spanish: Riñón
Descriptor riñón
Entry term(s) riñones
Scope note: Órgano urinario par en forma de habichuela, que se encuentra en la parte dorsal del abdomen, a cada lado de la columna vertebral, entre la 12a vértebra dorsal y la 3a lumbar. Cada riñón mide aproximadamente 11 cm de largo por 6 de ancho y 2,5 de grosor. Los riñones producen y eliminan orina a través de un complejo sistema reticular de filtrado y reabsorción, que consta de más de 2 millones de nefronas, compuestas por glomérulos y túbulos renales, que filtran la sangre a alta presión, extraen urea, sales y otros desechos solubles del plasma sanguíneo y devuelven el filtrado purificado a la sangre. Diariamente atraviesan el riñón más de 1.300 litros de sangre. (Diccionario Mosby. 5a ed. Madrid: Harcourt España, 2000, p.1108)
Descriptor Portuguese: Rim
Descriptor French: Rein
Entry term(s): Kidneys
Tree number(s): A05.810.453
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D007668
Scope note: Body organ that filters blood for the secretion of URINE and that regulates ion concentrations.
Annotation: /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
Allowable Qualifiers: AB abnormalities
AH anatomy & histology
BS blood supply
CH chemistry
CY cytology
DE drug effects
DG diagnostic imaging
EM embryology
EN enzymology
GD growth & development
IM immunology
IN injuries
IR innervation
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
PA pathology
PH physiology
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
RE radiation effects
SU surgery
UL ultrastructure
VI virology
Entry Combination: transplantation:Kidney Transplantation
Public MeSH Note: /transplantation was KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION 1963-65; was KIDNEY/transplantation 1966-89
History Note: /transplantation was KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION 1963-65; was KIDNEY/transplantation 1966-89
Consider Also: consider also terms at GLOMERUL-, NEPHR-, PYEL-, and RENAL
Related: Diuresis MeSH
Nephrectomy MeSH
Radioisotope Renography MeSH
Renal Circulation MeSH
DeCS ID: 7840
Unique ID: D007668
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Date Established: 1960/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2016/07/05
Kidney - Preferred
Concept UI M0012006
Scope note Body organ that filters blood for the secretion of URINE and that regulates ion concentrations.
Preferred term Kidney
Entry term(s) Kidneys



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