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Pertaining to an acroterium.
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(anatomy) The great artery which carries the blood from the heart to all parts of the body except the lungs; the main trunk of the arterial system.
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(embryology) One of a series of six paired embryonic vascular structures which connect the ventral arterial system lying anterior to the heart to the dorsal arterial system above the digestive tract, persist in adult fishes but are reduced or much modified in the adult of higher forms, and give rise to the great arteries of the neck and head.
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(anatomy) Relating to the aorta and the kidney.
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(anatomy) Of the aorta and iliac arteries.
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Relating to the aorta and the mesentery.
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(anatomy) Relating to the aorta and lungs.
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(anatomy) Relating to the aorta and kidney.
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(anatomy) Synonym of aortic arch.
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(anatomy) Relating to the atrium of the lungs
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(anatomy) A cup-like sac at the beginning of the tubular component of a nephron in the mammalian kidney.
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(anatomy) A tough, fibrous layer surrounding an organ such as the kidney or liver
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(anatomy) A duct that receives and concentrates urine from the distal convoluted tubule of nephrons and discharges it into the calyces of the renal pelvis.
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(anatomy) A tubule in the nephron in the kidney that goes to the pelvis. Its primary function is to bring urine to the pelvis of the kidney.
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(anatomy) The section of the nephron in the kidney that connects the loop of Henle to the collecting duct system.
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(anatomy) A vessel that connects the pulmonary artery to the aorta during fetal development.
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(anatomy) An artery that is the only supply of oxygenated blood to a tissue or organ
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(anatomy) Relating to the stomach and the kidneys
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(anatomy) The Bowman's capsule.
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(anatomy) A small intertwined group of capillaries within nephrons of the kidney that filter the blood to make urine
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(anatomy) Relating to a hiatus.
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(anatomy) Relating to the ileum and kidneys.
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(anatomy) The third major branch of the abdominal aorta, supplying the distal one-third of the transverse colon, descending colon, sigmoid colon and the proximal part of the rectum, i.e. the organs of the hindgut.
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(anatomy) inferior to the spleen
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(anatomy) Between the kidneys.
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(anatomy) Either of two major lymph vessels that drain the head and neck: the one on the right empties into the right lymphatic duct or into the right subclavian vein where it joins the right internal jugular vein, and the one on the left empties into the thoracic duct.
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(anatomy) Any of several veins on each side of the neck, which drain the brain, face and neck of deoxygenated blood.
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(physiology) A minuscule structure inside the kidney, involved in the regulation of the activity of each nephron.
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(anatomy) Near the kidneys
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An organ in the body that filters the blood, producing urine.
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(anatomy) renal corpuscle
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(anatomy) A loop-like structure in the kidney's nephron that connects the proximal convoluted tubule to the distal convoluted tubule.
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(anatomy) renal corpuscle
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(anatomy) One of the vessels which supplies blood from the aorta and distribute it to a large portion of the gastrointestinal tract.
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(anatomy) Located next to the kidney.
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(anatomy) The straight (descending) portion of the proximal tubule of the kidney, coming after the initial convoluted portion (the pars convoluta).
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Alternative form of periaortic [(anatomy) Surrounding the aorta]
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(anatomy) Of or relating to a long slender branch of the internal thoracic artery, accompanying the phrenic nerve, between the pleura and pericardium, to the diaphragm, to which it is distributed.
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(anatomy) Relating to the pericardium and the peritoneum
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(anatomy) Around the kidney.
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(anatomy) Around the kidneys
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(anatomy) A small ganglion located at the junction of the right phrenic nerve and branches of the celiac plexus.
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(anatomy) upstream of the renal tubules
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(anatomy) An intricate component of the nephron in a kidney that connects the Bowman's capsule to the loop of Henle.
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(anatomy) An area located on either side of the human back between the lateral borders of the erector spinae muscles and inferior borders of the twelfth rib, so called because the kidney can be felt at this location.
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(anatomy) The tough fibrous layer that surrounds and protects the kidney
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(anatomy) the blood-filtering structure at the beginning of a vertebrate nephron, consisting of a glomerulus and a Bowman's capsule.
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(anatomy) The outer region of the kidney, between the renal capsule and the renal medulla, consisting of the glomeruli and the proximal and distal convoluted tubules.
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(anatomy) The innermost region of the kidney, arranged into pyramid like structures, consisting of the collecting tubules, Henle's loop, vasa rectae, venulae rectae and the medullary capillary plexus
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(anatomy) A conical subdivision of the renal medulla
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(anatomy) A string of tissue dividing the liver into medial and lateral sections; ligamentum teres hepatis.
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(anatomy) An irregular venous or lymphatic cavity, reservoir, or dilated vessel.
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(anatomy) Initialism of superior mesenteric artery. [(anatomy) A large unpaired artery that arises from the abdominal aorta just below the celiac artery at the level of the first lumbar vertebra, and supplies the intestine from the distal half of the duodenum through two-thirds of the transverse colon, as well as the head of the pancreas.]
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(anatomy) The caudate lobe of the liver.
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(anatomy) subsidiary to an artery
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Relating to the urinary system and the cardiac stomach of an arthropod
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(anatomy) Relating to the vagus nerve and the accessory nerve
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(sometimes more fully, “vas rectum renis”) Any one of many straight capillaries in the kidney that branch off from the arteriolae efferentes (efferent arterioles) of juxtamedullary nephrons, enter the medulla, and surround the loop of Henle, where they function to absorb water and to secrete salt and urea into the renal interstitium, thereby facilitating the production of concentrated urine.
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(anatomy) Of, pertaining to, or functioning as a vestibule (body cavity).
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